Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Indian Reservation that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
Cherokee bright eyes
Cherokee tribe
Cherokee flight
Cherokee tribe
Cherokee people, Cherokee died
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe.
Cherokee people, Cherokee fly high.
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
Cherokee people, Cherokee bribes.
or
Cherokee people, Cherokee tried.
or
Cherokee people, Cherokee pride
or
Cherokee people, Cherokee pride
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe.
Cherokee try high
Cherokee tribe
Elegant people, elegant price
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
Elegant people
Cherokee people
Japanese people
Cherokee people
Parakeet people, parakeet pride;
So proud to live, so proud to fly.
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe;
So proud to live, so proud to die.
So proud to live, so proud you'd die
So proud to live, so proud to die
I always thought it was "So proud you'd die" until I saw it on a lyrics webpage
The Tomahawk and a foreign knife
The Tomahawk and a bow and knife
Therapy people
Cherokee people
They took away our way of life
The tomahawk and the Bowie knife.
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife.
They took the whole idiot nation
They took the whole Indian nation
Tomahawk and Bowie knife
Tomahawk and bow and knife
Tomahawk and Bowie knife
Tomahawk and bow and knife
Took away our maiden form
Took away our native tongue