Search The Universe
My name is Alice Oxendine
I have a baby girl at a very wrong time
Eighteen eighty two is rough on a poor Lumbee
Indian girl and white baby like me
I sure hope she passes for white
I walked from the country made it to town
Nobody tried to turn us around
I'm eyeing that big porch from the old cattle gate
In the pitch black morning they're not awake
I'm hiding by the tall loblolly pines
So welcoming in daylight the bright sunshine
But now their limbs look like shaking arms
Like they think I mean this baby harm
Oh no I'd never do you any harm little one
Four in the morning there's a shooting star
We made it to the porch and front door wasn't far
Sat her in her blanket turned the doorbell ran away
Oil lamps came on with very little delay
What have I done am I right or wrong
I search the universe still I don't know if I'm right or wrong
My heart is full of fear eyes over run with tears
I just want you to have a better life I have nothing they can give you all you need
Run run keep on running search the universe tell me what I've done
Universe tell me what I have done
I have a baby girl at a very wrong time
Eighteen eighty two is rough on a poor Lumbee
Indian girl and white baby like me
I sure hope she passes for white
I walked from the country made it to town
Nobody tried to turn us around
I'm eyeing that big porch from the old cattle gate
In the pitch black morning they're not awake
I'm hiding by the tall loblolly pines
So welcoming in daylight the bright sunshine
But now their limbs look like shaking arms
Like they think I mean this baby harm
Oh no I'd never do you any harm little one
Four in the morning there's a shooting star
We made it to the porch and front door wasn't far
Sat her in her blanket turned the doorbell ran away
Oil lamps came on with very little delay
What have I done am I right or wrong
I search the universe still I don't know if I'm right or wrong
My heart is full of fear eyes over run with tears
I just want you to have a better life I have nothing they can give you all you need
Run run keep on running search the universe tell me what I've done
Universe tell me what I have done
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Writer(s): Michael Bailey
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