Abbott, Jim Filmography

• Monkey Man (2011)
• Jesus 2000 (1998)
• The Antelope Chess Game (1995)

Abbott, Jim Filmography

• DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes (2006)

Abbott, Jim Filmography

• Sheer Audacity! (1998)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Creator Way - Jim Boyd
• First Come Last Served - Jim Boyd
• My Heart Drops But I'm Proud - Jim Boyd
• Magic In The Night - Jim Boyd
• Don't Wash Your Tears Away - Jim Boyd
• Wake - Jim Boyd
• Break And Keep - Jim Boyd
• Reservation Blues - Jim Boyd
• Powwow Highway 49 - Jim Boyd
• No Way - Jim Boyd
• Falling Down And Falling Apart - Jim Boyd
• A Million Miles Away - Jim Boyd
• 99 Percent Alike - Jim Boyd

What you feel inside is what you get,
whether it's good or bad
If you feel pride you must be doing right,
and should be glad
Directions know, directions show you
where you oughta be
Follow your heart, don't fall apart,
and that's when you will see
Chorus:
Creator way, don't look away,
don't look away ya hey
Creator way, don't look away,
don't look away ya hey
Creator way, don't look away,
don't look away ya hey
Creator way, don't look away,
don't look away ya hey
Let's not forget, what we regret,
let's change the bad to good
The spirit grows, tradition knows,
how we've misunderstood
The money's spoken for too long,
we've gotta kill the beast
Follow our hearts, not fall apart,

Follow the teachings of the history books
Did it really happen that way
Maybe it's time to take some closer looks
Maybe it's time we stand and say
Chorus:
First come last served were the first ones
here but the last observed
First come last served were the first ones
here but the last to be observed
Follow misleading of the government
It's a game that all must fear
Democrat Republican doesn't matter much
Is it time for them to hear
Chant: Ya he ya he takes
and he takes and he takes all
Ya he ya he takes and he takes

Well I remember back when
I went to school
Teacher said son don't forget
that golden rule
Were more important things
for me to find out
My heart drops but I'm proud
My dad spent twenty years in a uniform of blue
This Air Force Indian man
wouldn't tell us what he knew
Now that he's gone there's things I'll
never know about
My heart drops but I'm proud
Ya my heart drops but I'm proud
Chorus:
I can't forget how they killed
John Kennedy
I can't forget what they did
at Wounded Knee
I've lived in two worlds
both wanting to be free
Don't try to tell me what
my country means to me
Star Spangled Banner
and the sound of the drum
Tell their own stories under the same sun
I love this country
but I some times have my doubts
My heart drops but I'm proud

I remember the evening
In the summertime air
and the stars were bright
Was the first time that I'd heard it
Was the first time I'd heard the flute
On a warm summer night
Well I remember my heart lift
When I heard the song and the lovely sight
Of the girl I shared my dreams with
As we found love to the flute
On a warm summer night
Bridge:
Well I don't know who was playing the song
As the darkness stole our sight
But I know those feelings
they're not wrong
Was the first time I'd heard the flute
On a warm summer night
Well every now and then
When I hear the flute
And it sounds so right
It'll take me back again
To the first time I'd heard the flute

Flowin' river, now a still lake
Makes you shiver when you
Think of what they take
Where's your future
when you've lost today
Don't wash your tears away
Seek the vision, and see the gift
Show the children there's, something left
When they grow older they'll, learn to say
Don't wash your tears away
Chorus:
Can't stop the whiskey can't stop the wine
Can't stop a good friend from dying
Don't know the answer
but I've gotta keep trying
Can't stop a good friend from dying
Gather moments that add up our life
Sometimes regrets that cut like a knife
Start seeing the damage
only years after we're through

I saw ten people die
before I was ten years old
and I knew how to cry
before I was ever born
wake alive alive
wake alive alive
sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation
for the wake
and wake and wake and wake
and all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep
I can’t bury my grief
unless I bury my fear
I can’t bury my fear
before I bury my friend
wake alive alive
wake alive alive
sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation
for the wake
and wake and wake and wake
and sweetheart all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
yea, I think it’s time
for us to find a way
to wake up
to wake up
to wake up

White man comes in the door with more gifts and he says and he says and he says
I’ve got a map that will get you anywhere you want to go
But I know
but I know
but I know
he folds and unfolds and folds and unfolds
and folds and unfolds
the truth
And he can keep and break the promises he made to me
but he can’t keep and break me
And he can keep and break the promises he made to me
but he can’t keep and break me
White woman walks in the door with more gifts
And she says
And she says
And she says
You can have my photo and you can take it anywhere you want to go
But I know but I know but I know
She touches and retouches
She touches and retouches
She touches and retouches
The truth
And she can keep and break the promises she made to me
but she can’t keep and break me
And she can keep and break the promises she made to me

Dancin' all alone, feelin nuthin' good, its been so
long since someone understood...
All I have seen, is, is why I weep, and all I had for
dinner was some sleep.
You know I'm lonely, I'm - so lonely...
My heart is empty and I've been so hungry...
All I need for my, hunger to ease, is anything that you
can give me please...
I aint got nuthin, I, heard no good news, I filled my
pockets with those reservation blues...
Those ole, old rez blues, those ole, reservation
blues...
And if yah ain't got choices well then what else do you
choose?
I aint got nuthin, I heard no good news,
I fill my pockets with those reservation blues,
Those ole rez blues, those ole, reservation blues...
And if yah ain't got choices well then what else do you
choose? (repeat 2x)

Well I left my broke down pickup
down at Crow Fair
And I'm Colville Reservation Bound tonight
Well I live my life from day to day
Ya hand to mouth the only way
When pay day comes it's powwow 49
Well I'll fix my truck
this week in time for rollin'
And I'll work all week
and get my sleep tonight
But when Friday comes I'll go my way
Cause I don't know no other way
When pay day comes it's highway 49
Chorus:
Ya make my reservations for the road now
Cause every weekend
holds a powwow in summertime
Gonna hit that celebration
with a vengeance
Gonna roll down powwow highway 49
Gonna roll down powwow highway 49
Well I'll keep my eyes wide
open for the locals
Cause my reservation ride does 85
I've got lots more miles here left to go
And a couple months before the snow
So I'm headin' down ole highway 49
Chorus
Ya, Ya, Ya, powwow highway

Everyday I learn
Of a new direction that I must go in
And it's everyone's concern
Cause they all tell me on television
That I must find out before too long
That their way is right and my way is wrong
Cause I'm not the same I don't play the game
But I've got to listen
Or I won't fit in they say
Chorus: No way
When I look out my eyes
I see the things that I need to see
But I'm told they tell me lies
Cause we don't agree politically
And now I must find out before too long
That the money's right
And my color's wrong
As the morning news plays the biased blues
But they won't admit cause
It just won't fit on the page
Chorus: No way
Bridge:
And I've been listening to this crap
For so long without a say
Sing a different song
It don't mean it's wrong
Won't you listen here today

I know a woman
Indian in her bones
Spends the pow wow dancing all alone
She can be lonely
Sometimes she can cry
Drop of sadness into the bread she fries
I know a woman Indian in her eyes
Full blood in her heart
full blood when she cries
She can be afraid and sometimes she can shake
But her medicine will never let her break
But she don’t want a warrior, she don’t want no brave
And she don’t want no renegade headed to an early grave
She don’t need no stolen horse she don’t need no stolen heart
She don’t need no Indian man falling down and falling apart
I know a woman
Indian in her hands
Wanting me to sing
Wantin me to dance
She’s out there waiting
no matter the weather
I’d walk through lightning
just to give her a feather
But she don’t want a warrior, she don’t want no brave
And she don’t want no renegade headed to an early grave
She don’t need no stolen horse she don’t need no stolen heart
She don’t need no Indian man falling down and falling apart
She don’t need no Indian man

When I see your face in the firelight
I wonder how the fire started
Some people might call you pretty
But I'd call you broken-hearted
And I've got a map in my pocket
That has your name written in blue
I'll follow you like a river
If you just guide me through
Chorus:
Let's rent a car and drive it,
A million miles away
Let's start a fire and survive it.
A million miles away
Let's steal the sun and hide it,
A million miles away
Let's find a storm and ride it,
A million miles away
When I see you dance in the barlight
I wonder when the song'll end
Some people might think you graceful
But I think you're brittle and bent
And I've got a map in my pocket
Where every town is named for you
I'll make a stop in all of 'em
If you just guide me through
Chorus
When I see you read by the candlelight
I wonder if you'll hurt your eyes
Some people like happy endings
But I've always liked a surprise
And I've got a map here in my pocket
That shows where Lucifer fell
Ya I'll fall from Heaven

I’m trying to change the color of my eyes
I’m trying to change my shape and my size
I’m trying to change the color of my skin
I’m trying to change it again and again and again
But sweetheart it doesn’t matter
How much of our body we shatter
Because I have learned there’s much less than 1 percent genetic difference bewteen
White and red and
Red and white
And that thought keeps me awake at night
And that means Custer and I are 99 percentalike,
That means Custer and I are 99 percent alike
I’m trying to say I know your secrrets
I’m trying to say I know your regretss
I’m trying to say that I know all your names
I’m trying to say it all again and again and again and again
But sweetheart it doesn’t much matter how many of our illusions we shatter
cause I’ve learned there’s just a little gap between X and Y on the genetic map between men and women,
Of women and men
And that thought makes me smile again
and that means you and I are 99 percent alike
and that means you and I
are 99, percent alike
But sweetheart that 1 percent makes a difference,
yea sweetheart that 1 percent makes a difference
sweetheart that 1 percent makes a difference
in my world,
in your world,
in his world,

Famous quotes by Jim Abbott:

"The issue has been on the government's back burner and languished because of lack of attention, ... In my judgement, there's a lack of concern for the urgency of this."

"The experience that I have come directly from baseball, but I believe they have a wide reach. If I can share some of those things, there's something that will speak to us all about what we can do."

"I think it's probably the most revered record in sports. I don't know that there's any record in sports where people could readily name the first and second guy."

"She has shown the energy and enthusiasm to build this program. She has been associated with successful programs both on the court and in the classroom. We're eager for her to get started and look for similar success from our volleyball program."

"The ABS avalanche backpack is a lifesaver, literally a lifesaver, ... In 43 deployments, there's only been one fatality."

"What I'm fighting for is common sense."

"I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself."