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Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls


Background information
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre(s) Folk-Rock
Years active 1985—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Hollywood Records
Vanguard Records
Associated acts Michael Stipe
Joan Baez
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Ferron
Website Website
Members
Amy Ray
Emily Saliers



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Indigo Girls Lyrics

"Become You" lyrics


Words and music by Amy Ray

I heard you sing a rebel song
Sung it loud and all alone
We can't afford the things you say
We can't afford the warranty

Well I see you walking in the glare
Down the county road we share
Our southern blood my heresy
Damn that old confederacy

It took a long time to become the thing
I am to you
And you won't tear it apart
Without a fight
Without a heart

I'm sorry for what you've learned (learned)
When you feel the tables turned
To run so hard in your race (race)
Now you found who set the pace

The landed aristocracy
Exploiting all your enmity
All your daddy's fought in vain
Leave you with the mark of cain

It took a long time to become the thing
I am to you and you won't tear it apart
Without a fight
Without a heart

It took a long time to become you
Become you

The center holds so they say
(It never held too well for me)
It never held too well for me
(The center holds so they say)
I won't stop short of common ground
(That vilifies the trodden down)
That vilifies the trodden down
(I won't stop)

The center held the bonded slave
For the sake of industry (ah)
The center held the bloody hand of the execution man (ah)

It took a long time to become the thing
I am to you and you won't tear it apart
Without a fight
Without a heart

It took a long time to become you
Become you

It took a long time to become you
Become you

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