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Keeper of the Peace

from Lonely Heroes: Abroad by John Spearn

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Spied through a sniper’s gun-sight, I carried the legless child
Near a playground where a tall swing once stood.
Once a verdant city, broken, wasted, burned, defiled
Only rubble…that once was a neighborhood.
After we flew in, and tried to reason what was left
I asked the master, what was my station?
Please answer me, or are you forsaken here
I dreamed I heard the spoken word so clear.
He said the evil that you see, is why I brought you here
Do what you can to spare the souls not taken.
And be [I’m] a builder of a new school, heal the wounds, and gunfire cease!
Be [I’m] a sweeper of the landmines….a Keeper of the Peace!
To wear this Blue Beret, I know I have to stay
I have to keep on proving that I’m worthy
Of my country’s prayers for me, and if only eyes could see
I’m facing elder’s wisdom before I’m thirty.
And when evil-powered and twisted souls become the brain behind the gun
In a world where hunger tempts for fortune
Be the only one who can, as a father to a son,
And above all show a strong and sharing hand.
And know that I…am only human
I’m a Keeper of the Peace.

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from Lonely Heroes: Abroad, 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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