You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) Songtext
von Buffy Sainte‐Marie

Whether you′re a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run

Whether you′re a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run, run

Trying against the odds, you're in a trance
Say, who did you think you are to have a chance?
You′re a no one, from a place
Where everyone knows your face
You come and go and you know the sun
So you better hang on and hey, you better run
′Cause here's your chance and your race has begun


Down, in a hole
You feel like two different people in your soul
Feel like a loser, until you see
That as you bend, you learn to be
Your own best friend
And you learned how and you learned when
To take a chance on the spirit of the wind

Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way
Hey, ha ha ha, hey ya way ya

Whether you′re a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you think you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run, run

Babe, ain′t we been down?
We've been so broken, been so low that I kissed the ground
But you can see yourself a winner beyond the money and the greed
Beyond the pride is a pure untested need
And to be a champion is more than luck and speed
It′s power and freedom in the spirit of the wind

Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way
Hey, ha ha ha, hey ya way ya


Whether you're a woman or whether you're a man
Sometimes you got to take a stand
Just because you know you can
Oh, you got to run, you got to run

Hey ha, hey ha, ya hey, ya yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way-a-way ha yo
Hey, ha ha, hey ya way, ha ya way (Standing Rock!)
Hey, ha, way, ha, way-a-way ya, oh!