I Am My Mother's Savage Daugher - Wyndreth Berginsdottir
1.
AmCGAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
AmCGAm
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones.
AmCGAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
AmEGAm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
2.
AmCGAm
My mother’s child is a savage.
AmCGAm
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones,
AmCGAm
In the faces of cats, In the fall of feathers,
AmEGAm
In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
3.
AmCGAm
My mother’s child dances in darkness,
AmCGAm
she sings heathen songs by the light of the moon,
AmCGAm
And watches the stars, and renames the planets,
AmEGAm
And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom.
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4.
AmCGAm
My mother’s child curses too loud and too often.
AmCGAm
My mother’s child laughs too hard and too long,
AmCGAm
And howls at the moon and sleeps in ditches,
AmEGAm
And clumsily raises her voice in this song.
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