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Robbie Robertson by ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) from their forthcoming album The Chelsea Hotel#2.
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Robbie Robertson lyrics
You had mixed native Indian and Jewish blood
These were the days before the flood
As a child the bullies called you Red Boy
Your ties to your people could never be destroyed
Worked in a carnival’s freak show when young
Your life became more about music and fun
Your life then started to become remarkable
You’d later say that life is a carnival
See the Indian ghost dance through the bars of your songs
The smoke from the fire and peace pipes long gone
See the Indian ghost dance so you don’t forget
That your tears are from pride, not from regret
In 66 you and The Band lived at The Chelsea
Your refuge from supporting Bob making music history
Dodging the trash thrown at you all when he went electric
But Bob didn’t care, he loved that life was crazy and hectic
You were friends with Warhol’s Edie, not more you said
You really wanted Nico, but you weren’t in her head
You disliked Lou’s Underground, thought they could play tighter
Lou tightened up their sound, till the end he was a fighter
In the basement you got together after his crash in The Pink
It was a Wonder that endures forever, he came back from the brink
Stage Fright at Woodstock and the Isle of Wight brought the crazy 60’s to an end
But you kept following the light that led you to Martin, your filmmaker friend
He made that last dance with Bob for all to see
It was a parting of the ways that had to be
He went his way and you went yours
He followed a new leader, but you stayed with yours
See the Indian ghost dance through the bars of your songs
The smoke from the fire and peace pipes long gone
See the Indian ghost dance so you don’t forget
That your tears are from pride, and not from regret
You made the ghost dance and brought it back to life
You told them about your native Indians struggles and strife
As you lay there in your final hours
You asked for donations to the Six Nations and not flowers
Robbie’s rolling down that mystic river
To Kingdom Comes cosmic sea
Rolling down that mystic river
Reaching Shangri-La at eighty
Robbie’s rolling down that mystic river
To Kingdom Comes cosmic sea
Rolling down that mystic river
Reaching Shangri-La at eighty
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Music composed and performed by Paul Odiase BMI No. 1252265 (Switzerland)
Song lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
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