Child Of The Government (Stripped Down)

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

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

Hey yeah he’s a child of the government

Oh yeah, yeah he’s a child of the government

Mixed up the bloodline, lost to his people

Broken and cursed, 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, an 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

Hey yeah he’s a child of the government

Oh yeah, 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

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