Monday, May 31, 2010

I HAVE NO INDIAN NAME - WALELA

Where was my grandmother, did you ever let her know


That you had a brown-skinned daughter,

you chose to let her go

Did she drown in dirty water,

Was she broken by the snow

When the Jesus people caught her,

like a little crippled doe



I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name

Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins

I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name

And my tears smoke the fire as I stand inside the rain



You forgot to kiss me mamma,

did you ever mean a thing

To the one who was my father,

Is he the one you blame

for this watered-down creation,

that you never called your own

Now I cry out to the spirit, there raven all alone



I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name

Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins

I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name

And my tears smoke the fire as I stand inside the rain



I have no Indian name, no I have no Indian name

Is the rainbow just a color for the blood inside my veins

I have no Indian name, no I

you forgot to kiss me mamma.....