Credits
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She was a young girl from a mission town
Spoke a language that was hard learn and she
Didn't know much about the world the western society
[Verse 2]
Her mum was the skin of the blanket of the night
The stars were inside her
So she could follow the light back home
To where she belongs
[Verse 3]
Hey love, I know how it feels to be so far away
From the life you've come to live
Hey love, I know you want to cry
But the winds will guide you back
To mother, to mother, to mother
[Verse 4]
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
To mother, to mother
[Verse 5]
She was in the toilets one afternoon
These girls walked in, older by a few years
They told her things that weren't true
Because of her mother, they hated her too
They pushed her around and spat on her face
They laughed and mocked her
She knew it had to stop
[Verse 6]
Back to back with two of her friends
Sh fought the sadness right through till the end
They were laying the bathroom floor
The words they said never left a scar
[Verse 7]
Hey love, I know how it feels to be so far away
From the life you've come to live
Hey love, I know you want to cry
But the winds will guide you back
To mother, to mother, to mother
[Verse 8]
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh, why?
To mother, to mother
