Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Oh, ooh, ooh, oh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh Ghost man, pony boy, midnight ride Where people of the south wind lived and died White man come bring the blood-red rain People of the south wind rise again Tribal dancers, twilight blaze Medicine man sees the future and he prays Then he hears that dust storm, guns and war And he knows he gotta fight for what he had before In my mind it’s getting clearer (clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer) Distant memories, shades and form (clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer) The sound of horses growing nearer (clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer) The smell of wind before the storm (clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer) I see Kansas in my mind In my mind, oh Kansas in my mind The peace I left behind, oh Kansas in my mind Phantoms on the Santa Fe sacred ground Prairie land vanishes, barbwire bound White man come bring the blood-red rain People of the south wind rise–rise again You buffalo man, paint the fire in the sky It’s your fate, your destiny, eye for an eye Now white man go, take your blood-red chains People of the south wind rise again Noble nations came together Trust and treaties, pipes of peace But hungry soldiers, heartless leather Dreamed a bloodbath was their feast I see Kansas in my mind In my mind, oh Kansas in my mind The peace I left behind, oh Kansas in my mind Kansas in my mind (Yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa) You can chain me down, but the bones of a brave man will never rest, oh In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind In my mind, in my mind [?] I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down, I will take you down I will take you down