Native Child

You were born here with the tides

Raised after the war

Never smelled gunpowder

Or felt the thunder of a slamming door

You learned to crawl where seagrass grows

Cradled in the back porch glow

Didn't know another way

Honey won't you take me running

I wanna see what you see

I never really knew myself

Until you believed in me

You don't wear my wicked armor

But you wear my smile

I'll follow where you lead, native child

I've been lost most of my life

It was grace that brought me here

I grew up in a town

Where the cold, hard ground could disappear

At night I used to lie awake

Picture the lines upon your face

Dream for another day

Honey won't you take me running

I wanna see what you see

I never really knew myself

Until you believed in me

You don't wear my wicked armor

But you wear my smile

I'll follow where you lead, native child

Won't you teach me now to be more like you are

A rollin' field with no fences

My heart with no scars

Honey won't you take me running

I wanna see what you see

I never really knew myself

Until you believed in me

You don't wear my wicked armor

But you wear my smile

I'll follow where you lead, native child

I'll follow where you lead, native child