none of us will soon forget the day before those things arrived in the churchyard on the hill a man had just buried his bride she returned that day alive there s a silhouette on the horizon like an evil stain on the rising sun and as it approached we saw it was her and her eyes were red she said you re all dead then collapsed down to the ground as if somebody cut her strings fear and anguish reigns ever since they came we used to walk the streets of town now we know we never will again suddenly over the hill a dog lets out an anguished howl there ain t a beast this side of hell that could ve brought on what befell that hound he was torn from limb to limb there s an evil stench creeping on the wind reeks of pestilence mixed with death and sin from over the range that is where we found scattered on the ground fifty heads of steer but what s real queer we searched all around no other part was found fear and anguish reigned ever since they came we used to walk the streets of town now we know we never will again some say from the skies they fell others claim they came straight from hell some swear they are from the dark yet others they believe they came from our angry hearts and tonight we ride out of desperation over the mountainside towards the reservation to see if they might know how to stem the tide yet when we arrived they turn their heads and the chief said now you know how we felt when the white man came fear and anguish reigned ever since they came we used to walk the streets of town now we know we never will again