Golden Feather - Robbie Robertson, The Red Road Ensemble

I think I’m going back to Shenandoah

She said that she’d meet me by the fork in the road

I jump start my old Ford

I’m heading for the pow-wow

Follow red path that leads to you

I gave my love a golden feather

I gave my love a heart of stone

And when you find a golden feather

It means you’ll never lose your way back home

Should I paint my face

Should I pierce my skin

Does this make me a pagan

Sweating out my sins

We ate the sacred mushroom

And waded in the water

Howling like coyotes

At the naked moon

I gave my love a golden feather

I gave my love a heart of stone

And when you find a golden feather

It means you’ll never lose your way back home

In the autumn night

When there’s no wind blowin'

I could hear the stars falling in the dark

When you find what’s worth keeping

With a breath of kindness

Blow the rest away

I gave my love a golden feather

I gave my love a heart of stone

And when you find a golden feather

It means you’ll never lose your way back home