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I am your noble savage, but to me I am a man.
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The father of my sons, the servant of my woman.
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And I have made my bow, I take only what I need.
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I am the maker of fire, and the planter of seed.
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And I have learned an order in things, and I teach my children.
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For each seed a star, for each son a generation.
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I have no time for freedom, barefoot I run in forest leaves.
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There is pain in birth, but for the dead I do not grieve.
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I have cut marks on my body, there is beauty in pain.
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And a sadness in joy, like death and the sunset.
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I am the willing heathen, I worship everything.
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I will add new words to my language and write them on the wind.
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I am the maker of music, and the reader of the heavens.
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I am the worker of magic, and the fearer of storms.
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I am the writer in sand. I am the first and last man.
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And if I could read the future, I would ask you not to come.
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This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.