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Run, Terry Fox, Run

from Canada Songs by John Spearn

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In the fragrant green trees in an ocean’s sweet breeze,
Canada’s favorite son,
With one leg lost in peril, and a passionate plea
From the east, he started to run.
With the wind at his back and a tiny belt pack,
He left on a wing and a prayer,
To run clean across the wide country he loved,
In the hopes that the world might share:
In his mission so frightfully clear,
To find a cure for mankind’s greatest fear-
And it’s run, Terry Fox run,
As far and as fast as you can.
Run, Terry Fox run,
And hold the world in your hand.
With a start at the Maritime shoreline
Through the busy Saint Lawrence Valley
Like a trooper he kept on, to honour his pledge
The people would stop just to see.
And on to Ontario with weeks flying by,
“He’s coming!” the newsmen would cry.
But on a south-bending road near Superior’s waters,
This brave boy’s dream . . . was left to you and I . . . you and I.
Now it’s run, Terry Fox run,
As far and as fast as you can.
Run, Terry Fox run,
And hold the world in your hand.
“. . . and hold . . . the world . . . in your hand . . .”

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from Canada Songs, released January 1, 2002

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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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