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Butterfly

from Lonely Heroes: Home by John Spearn

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Five o’clock in the morning, streets are still bare
A handful of homeless, down on the square
Warm wave of sunlight, the crowd is wired
Girl looks to the heavens, a streetlight expires
And a butterfly lands-on her hair
The butterfly landed-on her hair
Gridlock on the bridge, a siren’s alarm
Another hot commute, this used to be a farm
Nerves on the fumes rise, in the windshields glare
Bus driver cracks a window, to get some air
Then a butterfly lands on his arm
Yea a butterfly landed on his arm
Little butterfly, flew across a continent
Transformed from just a little worm they say
Is there a rhyme or a reason for a miracle
Is there something in the air this day
In the air this day
Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan
Can’t make up his mind is this a child or a man
Small lad on a bicycle smiles and rides away
Hot finger on the trigger time to breathe and to pray

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from Lonely Heroes: Home, released August 18, 2014

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John Spearn Edmonton, Alberta

You’ll instantly catch these deep influences threaded through John’s fine vocals, lyrics, and rootsy, guitar-mastered songwriting works. This is pure Canadiana: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility in our international image, and a superb range of tender ballads through to raw, foot-stompin’ stories that need to be told. ... more

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