Nobody

Lyrics for Nobody

It's a good day to be indigenous When they ask you who your favorite Indian is Say Nobody Nobody is everybody while being nobody at all Nobody eats beans from a can A traditional gesture to honor the great white father's provisions A commodity to some A commodity for nobody Nobody has feathers and carries them everywhere You know, just in case Nobody can start a fire with matches better than any white man I would put Nobody against any white man on spaghetti western quotes Especially the Clint Eastwood parts Nobody is Cherokee and Navajo with a touch of Paiute Deriving from the royalty of indigeneity He is nobody's Indian Because nobody is Indian More Indian than the most Indian Indian that was ever Indian And while it's true that Wes Studi drank him under the table once He's still the Indian's Indian Nobody holds onto his Indianness the way That white-haired cougars in white leather With turquoise from head to toe clutch their purses When a real Indian walks by them in Santa Fe When Nobody is confronted, he doesn't back down "That'd be five dollars for a picture with a real Indian," he said And when they say no, he punches them in the face and asks for ten Nobody looks like Gary Farmer but with sexier moves A real candidate for diabetes A high risk for drinking your alcohol With a high probability of being the life of the party Nobody has no home Because no Indian is homeless on their homelands He has no family except his relations Which is everyone and no one He walks where the buffalo roam His hair is long and messy His clothes have been decolonized at the knees With holes in his shirt and stains in his Indian pits And Nobody is your favorite Indian Because he is a noble, honorable, shameful fool You can use him as your token Indian friend A proud statement to your culturally diverse friend group You can mad dog Nobody when you're tired of hearing him state "This is our land" But Nobody cares It's because Nobody is every Indian and no Indian He is your mascot, your court jester, your token Indian joke And one day Nobody will no longer be Nobody He will be the remnant of your disembodied heads That are your romantic novel Indians He will think you into nothingness And Nobody will be out of your sight while he is out of his mind Nobody Nobody Nobody