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Cannon Ball

from One By One by Travis Knapp

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lyrics

On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball
Where the river is wide and Lakota stand tall
They’re holding their ground for the good of us all
For the water, we must answer the call
On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball

Now there’s water that needs our help all o’er this land

But this here is the place now where the people must stand
They’re gonna say, This is where the future began

With so many tribes standing hand in hand

On a one-way trip to draw a line in the sand

On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball

The company brought dogs, and police, they brought guns
To defend all the digging that should never have been done
What they call a riot is a prayer circle in the sun

Creating violence where there really is none
On a one-way trip to see this world undone
A one-way trip to Cannon Ball

Women, elders, and warriors on the front line
Treaties all broken by the other side

Standing face to face with centuries of genocide
The call went out for allies world-wide
To make a one-way trip to Standing Rock this time
A one-way trip to Cannon Ball

Actions get headlines, but prayers must be given

So we’re here on behalf of our children’s children’s children
Armed with prayers and tobacco as a gift

This is everybody’s struggle, but it’s Native voices we must lift
On a one-way trip to see a better world exist

On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball

On a one-way trip to stand for peace

For the sacred and natural world we speak
Water is life, when will the industry see

Directly, peacefully, not until this stops will we
Ever plan to leave, and our hearts will always be
On this one-way trip to stand for peace

On this one-way trip for us all

On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball

On a one-way trip to Cannon Ball

credits

from One By One, released July 9, 2019
Travis Knapp - lead vocals, banjo, & piano
Desmond Bratton - double bass
Byron “Kidd” Cage - drum set
Elisa Sciscioli - harmony vocals
Angie Beeler - harmony vocals
Nate Marshall - harmonica
String Quartet:
Max Buckholtz (Violin I)
Avner Finberg (Violin II)
William Hurley (Viola)
Chris White (Cello)
Ithaca community chorus
"American Indian Movement Song" singers:
Joe Soto, Alexas Esposito, Maya Soto


All songs written by Travis Knapp
String Quartet arrangement by Alexas Esposito

Mixing and Mastering by Nate Silas Richardson, REP Studio (Ithaca, NY - www.repstudio.com)

Recorded by Nate Silas Richardson (REP Studio), and by Travis Knapp (Fun Acres Studio + various locations)

Illustration by Linda Wingerter (www.paintedbooks.com)
Packaging design & layout by Pat Burke

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Travis Knapp Ithaca, New York

"Hopeful soul-lifting acoustic folk music rooted in pop, jazz, soul, and gospel - piano/banjo/guitar/vocals; from the fields, forests, ponds, and meadows of Ithaca, NY."

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