Feather Man Songtext

von Julien Aklei

We were sitting together on the front porch swing
You started talking about everything
Like how the white man stole your land away

And I felt in my heart like I was to blame
Like it was my fault, and I felt this shame
And then I felt your feathers tickle me ee me ee

We were sitting on the porch drinking lemonade
Both wearing sneakers that were Nike made
When I first felt your feathers tickle me ee me ee

Well I thought it must have been the wind on my shoe
Till I first caught sight of your big canoe
Moving slowly through those waters towards me ee me ee

And though I aint been good, I could start tomorrow
Wont cause nobody no more sorrow
Just please sir take your feathers off of me ee me ee

Just take that green feather off my thigh
That red feather off my eye
Just pull your yellow feather out of me ee ee

It felt like running through the woods at night
I could feel your breath but their was nothing in sight
I could feel my soul just running away to die

Your skin was sticky but it wasnt red
Your three feathers lined up straight in my head.
As three feather man came slowly over me ee me ee

Like curdled milk in a broken vase
A dead white man without a face
I could see that crooked finger point to me

Put that green feather on my thigh
That red feather on my eye
Put that yellow feather into me ee ee

It dont mean nothing that you spared my life
When it aint worth nothing now since that night
Cause Jesus saw your feathers touching me ee me ee

Yeah God was watching from his star-lit sky
Staring me down with that humongous eye
And I know God wont be forgivin me ee me ee

And I know I' m deserving of all this and more
Dirtier than dirt more down than a floor
But Three Feather Man I'm begging you for mercy mercy

Just take your green feather off my thigh
That red feather off my eye
Just pull that yellow feather out of me ee ee