"Golden Eagle"

Words & Music by James Nihan

Death is just another kind of birth
When it comes to me, I'll be alright
I'll give my body back to Mother Earth
And give back Father Sun my ray of light

I'll sit down in my old birchbark canoe
Say goodbye and push off from the shore
I'll paddle back across the life I knew
And when I reach my cradleboard

- Chorus -
Golden Eagle He will come for me
And He will carry me so high
On sacred wings so true
I will sail home to
The Great Spirit in the sky

I pray the day my sun goes sinking down
I paint the sky the color of a rose
And dance with light just as the night comes round
So I am in my glory as I go

- Chorus -
Golden Eagle He will come for me
And He will carry me so high
On sacred wings so true
I will sail home to
The Great Spirit in the sky

Until my journey's end
And I am home again
Golden Eagle He will fly