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1911 tell me who's to blame
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
Can't breathe, that's all I ever heard
Can't breathe, I love to hate the word.
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word.
Carefree, that's all I ever heard.
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard.
Give her a feather, she's a cherry tree.
Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee.
Give her a feather, she's a parakeet
Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee
Half-breed, all I ever heard.
Half-breed, oh how I love to hate the world.
Half-breed, she's no good no more.
Both sides were against me since the day I was bored.
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard.
Half-breed, oh how I love to hate the word.
Half-breed, she's no good they warned.
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.
Half-breed, she's no girly woman.
Half-breed, she's no good they warned.
Half-free, that's all I ever heard.
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard.
Help me, desire never heard!
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard.
Help me, that's all I ever heard.
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard.
My father married a porcharo king.
My father married a pure Cherokee.
My father married up your Cherokee.
My father married a pure Cherokee.
Pale freak , that's all I ever heard
Half Breed, that's all I ever heard
Give her a finger, she's a share of me.
or
Ring on her finger, she's a parakeet
or
Ring on her finger, she's a parakeet
Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee
She's no good to warn.
She's no good, they warned.
She's no goodly one
'She's no good,' they warned
She's no goodly worn.
She's no good, they warned.
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Now Tina left 'em, tell me whose to blame
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me whose to blame
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed,
Now tell me left and tell me who's to blame.
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame