Peacemaker
Hoyt Axton
It was a war bond
That payed the doctor
When he was born it wasn't easy
He had a fever
And he was dying His dad was fighting across the sea
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
When he ran into a man who was high
On Gun powder and a federal order
That says you've got to fight and die
He answered I'm a runnin'
From the people who are gunnin' down
The people who are running for life
I just wanted to be free
To be all that I was promised
By the fathers of our fathers long before.
Now it's gettin' kind of queasy
And I'm feelin' kind of seasick
I think that it's time for me to go.
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
When he ran into a man who was high
On Gun powder and a federal order
That says you've got to fight and die
When the man said surrender
He kept right on a'goin'
He could see his brother Jesus by his side
And they knew he was'nt fakin'
When the bullet started quakin'
Through the body of a peacemaker who tried
And he died for his country and he was not mistaken
Takin' his body back home
He would'nt go into the far eastern jungle
Takin' his body back home
He just wanted to be free
To be all that he was promised
By the fathers of our fathers long before.
And he died for his country and he was not mistaken
Takin' his body back home
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
He was almost to sweet Canada's Border
Share
More from Hoyt Axton
Sweet Misery
Hoyt Axton
Less Than the Song
Hoyt Axton
The No No Song
Hoyt Axton
Never Been to Spain
Hoyt Axton
Snowblind Friend
Hoyt Axton
Lion in the Winter
Hoyt Axton
Joy to the World
Hoyt Axton
Greenback Dollar
Hoyt Axton
Della and the Dealer
Hoyt Axton
Snow Blind Friend
Hoyt Axton
Heartbreak Hotel
Hoyt Axton
The Battle of New Orleans
Hoyt Axton
A Rusty Old Halo
Hoyt Axton
The Hotel Ritz
Hoyt Axton
So Hard to Give It All Up
Hoyt Axton
Evangelina
Hoyt Axton
Torpedo
Hoyt Axton
Viva Pancho Villa
Hoyt Axton
Wild Bull Rider
Hoyt Axton
Betty la Rue
Hoyt Axton