[Intro] Another house Another street Another name Another heartbeat [Verse 1] They gave her polished shoes They gave her city lights They gave her a different name And told her she'd be all right They gave her books and manners A room where she could sleep But somewhere in her spirit Something still would weep [Chorus] Another name, another door But her spirit remembered more A name is not just letters Written down on paper Another name, another life Still she dreamed of firelight Somewhere beneath the life she knew A little bird was calling through [Verse 2] Her old name held a mother Her old name held the land Her old name held the stories Of a father's working hands Her old name held the language That no one taught her tongue Her old name held the cradle Where her first song had been sung [Chorus] Another name, another door But her spirit remembered more A name is not just letters Written down on paper Another name, another life Still she dreamed of firelight Somewhere beneath the life she knew A little bird was calling through [Bridge] You can change the records You can change the school You can tell a child be grateful You can dress the wound as rule But blood remembers softly And land remembers too And what they tried to bury Kept reaching for the truth [Final Chorus] Another name, another door But her spirit remembered more A name is not just letters It is blood and land and prayer Another name, another life Still she followed hidden light Somewhere beneath the life she knew A little bird was calling through [Outro] Another name But not another soul The child inside Still wanted to be whole
