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Medicine Bag

from Medicine Bag EP by Joe Vickers

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following the cardinal directions across Alberta, sacred mementos are collected to strengthen mind, body, spirit and emotions

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In a leather pouch, I see the sun
Rising from the East
High above the prairies stretching
As far as the hawk eye sees

A painted sign, on the elevator side
Reads a name that was penned in 1905
A vision drifts in the endless blue sky
Where the pioneers once dreamed

In a medicine bag, I carry what is dear to me
Items from the place where the wheat fields grow
Where the wild rose, she dances
As the four strong winds blow

Innocent river playfully cuts
Through the southern plains
Weaving like a finger tracing the scar
Branded beneath the mane

The sweetgrass bent
The fierce wind rattled
The tragic day
Blood stained the saddle

Now hooves trot along
In the mid-day sun
Black stetsons worn
In memoriam

In a medicine bag, I carry what is dear to me
Items from the place where the buckskins roam
Where the wild rose, she dances
As the four strong winds blow

A mighty fortress standing guard
Upon the western pass
With a stone trail of tales and a face of patience
Only Mother Earth has

When covered by a blanket
Of snow in the winter
We long for the breath
Of her warming whispers

And if you listen carefully
You might hear her speak
Of the grizzlies stepping from
Their Rocky Mountain peaks

In a medicine bag, I carry what is dear to me
Items from the place where the foothills roll
Where the wild rose, she dances
As the four strong winds blow

The steady heartbeat of a pump-jack
Set a pace for the course
The noble woodland bison turns
To face the Arctic North

Where threads of coloured beads
Twist in the midnight breeze
A sight very few can rival

Over Labrador tea
Torches of the Spirits gleam
To welcome the new arrivals

In a medicine bag, I carry what is dear to me
Items from the place that the Dene know
Where the wild rose, she dances
As the four strong winds blow

When the healing winds cease to blow
I unpack the medicine that makes me whole

In a medicine bag, I carry what is dear to me
Items from the place where my roots were sewn
The wild rose, she dances
As the four strong winds blow

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from Medicine Bag EP, released February 9, 2014

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Joe Vickers Drumheller, Alberta

Farmer by day, troubadour by night, Joe Vickers has logged countless miles on both his combine and tour van. His music explores the human spirit singing of the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the prairies.

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