I saw a man shoot an eagle down Hit him once, maybe twice Thought it was an omen for things to come Cut him up with his knife He took those little bits of innocence Mailed them off to his friends Hung them in their hallways and living rooms And thought their luck woufd not end There's arrows and there's aeroplanes There's men and there's mice There's rabbit's foot and eagle's claw There's living and there's life Now everybody's superstitious It's a blessing and a curse Believing everything is black or white It's living in reverse Watched a man shoot an eagle down Saw it fall from the skies It took a little light from inside of me It put a shine in his eyes