Lyrics - Half-breed by Cher

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
Chorus

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