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When They Touch The Sky

from Northern Sightlines by John Spearn

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Lift your heart to the mountain top . . . soar through the sky!
Can you see harmony and poetry?
Are we something in disguise?
Can we prove that we are wise?
Are all creatures as free as you and me?
Let the eagles fly,
Where the mountains lie.
Hear the young ones cry.
Can we truthfully reply?
When they touch . . . the sky.
Yes there’s power up above and it comes down with love,
it’s a miracle of birth and truth and life,
But there’s something happening here, and it’s painfully clear,
an illusion of power and greed and strife.
Let the eagles fly,
Where the mountains lie.
Hear the young ones cry.
Can we truthfully reply?
When they touch . . . the sky.
If it’s wild and spectacular we put it in a cage,
it’s a pity we haven’t come of age.
We display them in such shame when they don’t want to be tamed,
then we park them on an illustrated page.
Let the eagles fly,
Where the mountains lie.
Hear the young ones cry.
Can we truthfully reply?
When they touch . . . the sky.

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from Northern Sightlines, released January 1, 1999

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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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