Oh, hey, I just, uh
I was just gonna tell you that, uh
I just, uh, well, I just got
I guess I got nobody 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
The 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
Yeah, he's a child of the government
(Yeah, he's a child of the government)
Mixed up the bloodline, lost to his people
Broken and cursed, they 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 and 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
(Yeah he's a child of the government)
(Yeah he's a child)
(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, like, I mean no matter what happened
I'm just, you know, I'm really grateful for you in my life
'Cause it's been difficult, um
And I guess I passed a lot of that onto you and, uh
You know, uh, you know we're doing the best we can
And life, and life's awesome