Misc Originals – David Warmke - Indian David Long (Guitar)

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Born on the reservation in 53

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Father was coal miner , Died when he was 3

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Grandfather inked the Cherokee language now  to see

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Indian David Long full blooded Cherokee

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Soldier, Handyman, historian, flint knapper, fisherman and friend

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Left a tough home when he was 6

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Been alone most all of his life

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Cherished them old ways, keeping em alive

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Loves flint knapping, quite an arrowhead library

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Two tours of  Nam, a medic army  front line 

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Then Germany , back to the US 20 years in the reserves

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13 years Managed Randolph Marina at Canyon Lake

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Indian David Long knows how to catch fish

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Broke his back after 911 and the marina changed hands

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A struggle  since then, by himself no kids

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Proud of this ancestry and service  to our country

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Don’t miss no powwows spent a month with Robert Mairbal 

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Born on the reservation in 53

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Father was coal miner , Died when he was 3

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Grandfather inked the Cherokee language now to see

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Indian David Long full blooded Cherokee

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Soldier, Handyman, historian, flint knapper, fisherman and friend

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Danced to the piper, talks to the Creator

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Full of love, service, and forgiveness, gives and helps

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Even gave away his Ex at her sixth wedding

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Many have taken advantage of him

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Helped me when I was  selling my house

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Six months he worked with me getting it pristine

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Then at my Condo on the river

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Health declined have not seen him in a while

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Medical care from the VA Audie Murphy should be ashamed

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A heart of gold, a life not much by many standards

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But a good man, having faith and enduring on little

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A Blessing to many and to me

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Born on the reservation in 53

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Father was coal miner, Died when he was 3

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Grandfather inked the Cherokee language now to see

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Indian David Long full blooded Cherokee

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Soldier, Handyman, historian, flint knapper, fisherman , friend and humble gentleman