Feather Man Lyrics

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