LIKE A GREENSTONE COWBOY

[Kiwi Frontline]

LIKE A GREENSTONE COWBOY

I've been quoten' the Treaty so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every clause in the tattered tiriti
Where sovereigntys the name of the game
And colonists get washed away like the snow in the rain

There's been a load of compromisin
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where matariki is shinin' on me

Like a greenstone cowboy
Paddling out in a waka on a seabed claim
Like a greenstone cowboy
Getting koha and mihi from people I don't even know
And chur churs comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain
And the moko can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the waka that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a kfc token and some putea in my piupiu

There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where matariki is shinin' on me

Like a greenstone cowboy
Paddling out in a waka on a seabed claim
Greenstone cowboy
Getting koha and mihi from people I don't even know
And chur churs comin' over the phone
Like a greenstone cowboy