Lyrics

Quiet Desperation

Floyd Red Crow Westerman

My soul is in the mountain
My heart is in the land
I’m lost here in the city
There’s so much I don’t understand.

There’s quiet desperation coming over me,
Coming over me.

I’ve got to leave I can’t stay another day
There’s an emptiness inside of me,
I can’t bear the loneliness out here
There’s another place I’ve got to be.

I long for you, Dakota
The smell of sweet grass on the plain
I see too much meanness
And I feel too much pain.

And there’s quiet desperation coming over me,
Coming over me.

I’ve got to leave I can’t stay another day
There’s an emptiness inside of me
I can’t bear the loneliness out here
There’s another place I’ve got to be.