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Tawantinsuyu's Daughter

from Patchwork by Geoff Burgess

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500 years ago down in Peru
I met a gorgeous woman there with stones in her shoes
She said she'd always wanted to be
A runner in the Andes
I thought she was crazy but she proved me wrong

She went up and down the mountain
With a message for the emperor she served

Still I can't get over her and all the things she did
She took me to the plaza when I was just a kid
We rode on llama back
Up the mountain path
I wish I had asked if she would marry me

She went up and down the mountain
With a message for the emperor she served

She died in 1500 before the Spaniards came
She was only 20 and I don't recall her name
They say that when the stones are thrown
Someone dies inside
I remember hiding
When they took her body down

She went up and down the mountain
With a message for the emperor she served

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from Patchwork, track released July 9, 2011

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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario

Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.

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