Walela I Have No Indian Name Lyrics

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.....