Adrienne Young I Cannot Justify Lyrics

I Cannot Justify Lyrics

I Cannot Justify



I am a white girl but what was I before?

An Onondaga opening the door

Coulda been a pilgrim hungry for to pray

Or a roaming buffalo soon to fade away



Was I a little boy hiding underground

An angry soldier sent to shoot John Brown

Might have been red clay staining tired feet

Of a broken army suffering defeat



Let me grow from these clothes

That cling so tightly to my soul

How can I justify the narrow vantage

Of these eyes

Such a good disguise, I cannot justify



A hooded demon did I wear bloody boots

Did I fall like thunder torn from ancient roots

Black wing vulture peckin’ heartbroke bones

Or was I an orphan born to die alone



I am a white girl but what was I before”