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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