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Shiprock

from Hasia Dreams EP by Jamie Freeman

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Her daddy drove them back to Shiprock, the summer gone to rain
Ten years since he left on morning and never came home again.
She didn’t even know him when he met her from the train,
Just a grown-up girl as pale as sand and a tough white Indian.

Her mama spent her life pretending, and pedaling her lies.
The desert told them show no mercy but she learned to stay alive.
Somehow after all these years a grain of family love has survived
Because her Daddy, he knew how to drive.

Her mama took her finger, wiped away the word regret
Daddy got by rolling what he called his special cigarettes.
She sat there beside him casting love out like a net
but growing up was the only gift, that girl would ever get

Her mama spent up all the money on her pills and on her lies
The mesas watched it all unfolding, shoulders holding up the skies
She was left there with that woman, but at least she grew up to know why
Because her Daddy, he knew how to drive.
So let’s drive…

Now he’s driving back to Shiprock, she’s in the seat beside
There’s still a hurt down in her that she will never learn to hide
But he’s her Daddy, she’s his girl and that can’t be denied
sweet all mixed up with bitter until the day they die

When mama lost the fight she’d started, you could see it in her eyes
Daddy said it’s you or her girl, so it’s time to say goodbye
Now they’re going home to Shiprock take that boat and sail into the sky
Because her Daddy, he knew how to drive
So let’s drive…

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from Hasia Dreams EP, released June 29, 2018
Written by Jamie Freeman/Amy Tudor

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