"I Have No Indian Name" lyrics - WALELA

WALELA
"I Have No Indian Name"

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...