Peacemaker Lyrics - 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