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Our grandparents were born hereTheir ancestors lived on this earthThe land is the people and the people are the landAnd this is the land of our birthBut now you want to move us off this mesaAs if you can take a body from a soulYou want to take from us our paradise on earthAnd trade it for a mountain of coalWhat if they were coming for your grandmaWhat if they were coming for your childWhat if they were tearing up the land beneath your feetEven taking the rivers that were once running wildWhat would you doIf they were coming for you?The coal is the liver of our motherAnd it must remain in the groundThe trees are her lungs and the rivers are her bloodAnd they should all be left as they were foundBut now you slurry coal across these pasturesAnd your trees all go to feed your hungry millYou would have us live in rows of shacks without our sheepOn your Church Rock uranium spillWhat if they were coming for your grandmaLetras de cancionesWhat if they were coming for your childWhat if they were tearing up the land beneath your feetEven taking the rivers that were once running wildWhat would you doIf they were coming for you?Like some cancer spreading ever westwardComing to knock down our hogan's doorAnd we will say to anyone who'll listenRelocation, nevermoreSo won't you come to Big MountainBring everything you can, but come todayThis is the land where we belongAnd this is the land where we will stayWhat if they were coming for your grandmaWhat if they were coming for your childWhat if they were tearing up the land beneath your feetEven taking the rivers that were once running wildWhat would you doIf they were coming for you? From Letras Mania