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Adrienne Young lyrics : "I Cannot Justify"

I am a white girl but what was I before?
An Onondaga opening the door
Coulda been a pilgrim hungry for to pray

Or a roaming buffalo soon to fade away

Was I a little boy hiding underground

An angry soldier sent to shoot John Brown
Might have been red clay staining tired feet
Of a broken army suffering defeat


Let me grow from these clothes
That cling so tightly to my soul

How can I justify the narrow vantage
Of these eyes
Such a good disguise, I cannot justify


A hooded demon did I wear bloody boots
Did I fall like thunder torn from ancient roots

Black wing vulture peckin' heartbroke bones
Or was I an orphan born to die alone


I am a white girl but what was I before?

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