Cher : Half breed

Lyrics for the Cher song "Half breed" from their "Gypsy Lady" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Cher lyrics here, or download the rest of our Gypsy Lady lyrics.

Band: Cher
Album: Gypsy Lady
Song: Half breed

My father married a pure cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said i was white by law
The white man always called me "indian squaw"

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Half-breed, that's all i ever heard
Half-breed, how i learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day i was born

We never settled, went from town to town
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
The other children always laughed at me
"give her a feather, she's a cherokee"

Chorus

We weren't accepted and i felt ashamed
Nineteen i left them, tell me who's to blame
My life since then has been from man to man
But i can't run away from what i am

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