I Cannot Justify Lyrics - Adrienne Young

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