Chorus: I am my mother’s savage daughter, the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones. I am my mother’s savage daughter, I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
My mother’s child is a savage, She looks for her omens in the colors of stones, In the faces of cats, in the fall of feathers, In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
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My mother’s child dances in darkness, She sings heathen songs by the light of the moon, And watches the stars and renames the planets, And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom.
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My mother’s child curses too loud and too often, My mother’s child laughs too hard and too long, And howls at the moon and sleeps in ditches, And clumsily raises her voice in this song.
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Now we all are brought forth out of darkness and water, Brought into this world through blood and through pain, And deep in our bones, the old songs are wakening, So sing them with voices of thunder and rain.
(Chorus x3) We are our mother’s savage daughters, The ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones. We are our mother’s savage daughters, We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice
“Savage Daughter” is a cover recorded by Sarah Hester Ross of “I Am My Mothers Savage Daughter” written by Karen L Unrein/Wyndreth Berginsdottir c. 1990
Many guys have come to you With a line that wasn’t true And you passed them by (Passed them by) So you’re in the center ring And their lines don’t mean a thing Why don’t you let me try (Let me try)
Now I don’t wear a diamond ring I don’t even have a song to sing All I know is
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If I ever saw a girl That I needed in this world You are the one for me (One for me) Let me hold me in my arms And thrill you with my charms I’m sure you will see (You will see)
The things I am sayin’ are true And the way I explain them to you Listen to me
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The things I am sayin’ are true And the way I explain them to you, yes to you Listen to me
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