Oh, it's written in books and in songs
That we've been mistreated and wronged.
But over and over I hear the same words
From you, good lady, and you, good man --
Well, listen to me if you care where we stand
And you feel you're a part of "these ones."

When a war between nations is lost,
The loser, we know, pays the cost.
But even when Germany fell to your hands,
Consider, dear lady, consider, dear man,
You left them their pride and you left them their land --
And what have you done to "these ones?"

Has a change come about Uncle Sam,
Or are you still taking our lands?
A treaty forever George Washington signed --
He did, dear lady, he did, dear man --
And the treaty's been broken by Kinzua Dam;
And what will you do for "these ones?"