Kit Carson

Bruce Cockburn

And the President said to Kit Carson: 
"Take my best four horsemen please 
And ride out to the four directions, 
Make my great lands barren for me" 

Kit Carson said to the President 
"You've made your offer sweet 
I'll accept this task you've set for me 
My fall's not yet complete" 

Kit Carson knew he had a job to do 
Like other jobs he had before 
He'd made the grade 
He learned to trade in famine, pestilence, and war 

Kit Carson was a hero to some 
With his poison and his flame 
But somewhere there's a restless ghost 
That used to bear his name