KAW-LI-GA WAS A WOODEN INDIAN STANDING BY THE DOOR
HE FELL IN LOVE WITH AN INDIAN MAIDEN OVER IN THE ANTIQUE STORE
KAW-LI-GA

JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT SHOW
SO SHE COULD NEVER ANSWER YES OR NO

POOR OL' KAW-LI-GA, HE NEVER GOT A KISS
POOR OL' KAW-LI-GA, HE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MISSED
IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HIS FACE IS RED
KAW-LI-GA, THAT POOR OL' WOODEN HEAD

HE ALWAYS WORE HIS SUNDAY FEATHERS AND HELD A TOMAHAWK
THE MAIDEN WORE HER BEADS AND BRAIDS AND HOPED SOME DAY HE'ED TALK
KAW-LI-GA
JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER SHOWED A SIGN
BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS MADE OF KNOTTY PINE


POOR OL' KAW-LI-GA, HE NEVER GOT A KISS
POOR OL' KAW-LI-GA, HE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MISSED
IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HIS FACE IS RED
KAW-LI-GA, THAT POOR OL' WOODEN HEAD


AND THEN ONE DAY A WEALTHY CUSTOMER BOUGHT THE INDIAN MAIDEN
AND TOOK HER OH SO FAR AWAY BUT OL' KAW-LI-GA STAYED
KAW-LI-GA
JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT SHOW
IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HIS FACE IS RED
KAW-LI-GA

JUST STANDS THERE AS LONELY AS CAN BE
AND WISHES HE STILL WAS AN OLD PINE TREE

Charlie Pride