作曲 : Jayli Wilson/Hayden Kelcey
“Oh hey uh, just uh, I was just gonna, tell you that,
uh, well I guess I got no one to talk to really”
Father Youngblood took the children down
To the water with the cross and the bible
They were taught to pray but they left their hands up high
Grandma was young when the baby came and
She was locked up in a white room raining
Nuns held the key while they made her sign her name
They took my daddy away
My father’s blood is mine
His story beats inside me
And now I share it here with you
He’s a child of the government
Mixed up the bloodline, lost to his people
Broken and cursed, wrapped him in evil
Smile for the priest now, God save the banknote
This is a song about a child of the government
Cuts and bruises
Drugs, an alcoholic
I just saw my father
And he fell down
Now he’s empty calling
Hands in ring, he’s all in
Toothless fighter makes me cry
Yeah he’s a child of the government
My father’s blood is mine
His story beats inside me
And now I share it here with you
Yeah he’s a child of the government
I won’t wear a cross
I won’t say his name
I won’t kneel down in dirty water
I won’t pray lies
And I’ve been baptized
What doesn’t kill you makes you a monster
“There’s a lot of things that the government blacked out,
but, you know no matter what happened,
I’m really grateful for you in my life, cuz it’s been difficult,
um and I guess I passed a lot of that on to you,
and uh you know we’re doing the best we can and life’s awesome”