He came to the door with a folder of prints

Familiar cliches, traditional motifs

He said I've got to do the feathers and the wolves for the money

People eat them up but I've got some here that come from my life

A rusted car, a school fight, got my girlfriend to pose for two days

It's called Patience after the Guns and Roses song

And this one is called One Shoe

Neil Stonechild was frozen on the edgе of Saskatoon

12 years ago

And now the body and the casе have been exhumed

It's come to light that in the dead of winter nights, cold and remote

The Saskatoon police have taken men on one way rides

Police Chief quote:

It's happened more than once. We fully admit that

On behalf of the department I want to apologize

And we must take ownership of the things that have

Transpired

Neil was 17, in a group home for B and E

Was in AA but had been drinking on the night

He and Jason rang some bells, knocked on doors

Looking for a friend

The cops were called, the boys split up

15 minutes later Jason saw Neil handcuffed and bleeding

In the back of the cruiser

Screaming, looking scared

Help me, they're going to kill me

One shoe

Neil's body was discovered five days later on the outskirts

Jason gave two statements to police but they weren't taken

The death deemed accidental

The official version being that

Neil Stonechild was on his way to

Turning himself in

To an adult penitentiary

At minus 28 degrees

With one shoe

An inquiry was launched twelve years later

After Rodney Naistus froze to death and

Lawrence Wegner froze to death and

Lloyd Dustyhorn froze to death and

Darryl Night nearly did, but lived to prove

Abduction and abandonment was common practice

Still, the original case files concerning Neil

Were destroyed in renovations

RCMP investigations

Failed to find evidence for prosecution

So in a cloud of suspicion

The hearings start October

Neil's mother just wants closure

One Shoe

Neil Stonechild was a wrestler and a painter and

I think he would have liked this one

He must have lost it running

He should have tied the laces

It symbolizes something

Mistakes, getting chased, empty spaces

One Shoe, one shoe, one shoe