Eyes Like the Sky

The bad white men call him the devil

The Yavapai call him 'Eyes Like the Sky'

This story takes place in the hinterlands

Of the newly formed United States and territories in the years before

And after the great conflagration called the Civil War

Men roam and fight each other to simply stay breathing

Muskets give way to repeating rifles, cannons give way to Gatling guns

War nurtures weapons, weapons clear the land

In the deserts of the southwest, old hatreds grow into new ones

Old beliefs are shattered by gunfire and charging horses

Into this cauldron of fire rides a young man who becomes a shadowed legend

His name even takes on the mantle of the bogeyman in some homes

Among the first Americans his name is exalted from wickiups to longhouses

From tepees to cliff dwellings

Among the men of the badlands, he's feared for his silent walk

And swift, economical dispatching of his enemies