Emotions run hot and terrifying through song, as the two sides prepare for war while Pocahontas' lone voice cries out for peace. The lyrics on this page are from the final version of the song that is used in the film and appears in the soundtrack, but the soundtrack booklet contains an older set of lyrics:
In Part 1:
In Part 2:
In the 2015 Legacy Collection soundtrack, the older lyrics of Part 1 are restored, and there's an alternate Savages Part 2 track with the restored Part 2 lyrics.
Ratcliffe
What can you expect
From filthy little heathens
This is what you get when races are diversed
Their skin's a hellish red
They're only good when dead
They're vermin, as I said
And worse
English settlers
They're savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Barely even human
English settlers
Savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Drive them from our shore
They're not like you and me
Which means they must be evil
We must sound the drums of war
English settlers
They're savages! Savages!
Dirty shrieking devils
Now we sound the drums of war
Powhatan
This is what we feared
The paleface is a demon
The only thing they feel at all is greed
Kekata
Beneath that milky hide
There's emptiness inside
Native Americans
I wonder if they even bleed
They're savages! Savages!
Barely even human
Savages! Savages!
Powhatan
Killers at the core
Kekata
They're different from us
Which means they can't be trusted
Powhatan
We must sound the drums of war
Native Americans
They're savages! Savages!
First we deal with this one
All
Then we sound the drums of war
English settlers
Savages! Savages!
Ben
Let's go kill a few, men!
Native Americans
Savages! Savages!
Ratcliffe
Now it's up to you, men!
All
Savages! Savages!
Barely even human!
Now we sound the drums of war!
Ratcliffe
This will be the day
Let's go, men!
Powhatan
This will be the morning
Bring out the prisoner!
English settlers & Native Americans
We will see them dying in the dust
Pocahontas
I don't know what I can do
Still, I know I've got to try
English settlers
Now we make 'em pay
Pocahontas
Eagle, help my feet to fly
Native Americans
Now without a warning
Pocahontas
Mountain, help my heart be great
English settlers & Native Americans
Now we leave 'em blood and bone and rust
Pocahontas
Spirits of the earth and sky
English settlers & Native Americans
It's them or us
Pocahontas
Please don't let it be too late
English settlers & Native Americans
They're just a bunch of
Filthy stinking
English settlers
Savages!
Native Americans
Savages!
English settlers
Demons!
Native Americans
Devils!
Ratcliffe
Kill them!
Native Americans
Savages!
English settlers
Savages!
Ratcliffe
What are we waiting for?
English settlers & Native Americans
Destroy their evil race
Until there's not a trace left
Pocahontas
How loud are the drums of war
English settlers & Native Americans
We will sound the drums of war
(Savages! Savages!)
Now we sound the drums of war
(Savages! Savages!)
Ratcliffe
Now we see what comes
Of trying to be chums
Native Americans
Now we sound the...
English settlers
Of course it means the...
English settlers & Native Americans
Drums... Of...
Pocahontas
Is the death of all I love
Carried in the drumming of...
All
War!