[Intro]
Hear it roll from the canyon,
Hear it break through the stone,
Apache Thunder rising
Where the wild winds moan.

[Verse]
They said my name in barracks,
They said it low in fear,
They saw me in the lightning
When no rider could be near.
We struck like rain on dry earth,
We faded like the smoke,
And every trail behind us
Was a promise never broke.

[Pre-Chorus]
I was not a ghost or demon,
I was flesh and blood and bone,
But a man who rides with sorrow
Does not ride the world alone.

[Chorus]
Apache Thunder, shake the sky,
Let the iron columns cry.
From the ridge to the river under,
Ride the storm of Apache Thunder.

[Verse]
Across the rocks at sunrise,
Through the dust at burning noon,
We moved beneath the vultures
And the pale accusing moon.
Our rifles spoke for hunger,
Our horses carried grief,
And the mountains hid our footsteps
Like a prayer beyond belief.

[Pre-Chorus]
Let them hunt us with their numbers,
Let them swear the end is near,
They will find the desert empty
When the thunder disappears.

[Chorus]
Apache Thunder, shake the sky,
Let the iron columns cry.
From the ridge to the river under,
Ride the storm of Apache Thunder.

[Instrumental]
Heavy drums, cutting strings,
Guitars like storm-black wings.

[Bridge]
I did not choose the legend.
I did not choose the flame.
But when they came to break us,
They gave the storm my name.

[Breakdown]
Thunder in the dust.
Thunder in the bone.
Thunder for the people
Who would not die alone.

[Build-up]
Strike the drum, raise the cry,
Let the storm refuse to die.

[Chorus]
Apache Thunder, shake the sky,
Let the iron columns cry.
From the ridge to the river under,
Ride the storm of Apache Thunder.

[Chorus]
Apache Thunder, wild and free,
Echo through eternity.
When the last red sunsets wonder,
They will hear the Apache Thunder.

[Outro]
Hear it roll from the canyon,
Hear it break through the stone,
Apache Thunder fading
But never overthrown.
