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Royal Reserve

from Patient EP by Joe Vickers

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In royal hands
A bottle is clutched
Where a crown and a pillow
Are always near to the touch

You call it a cushion
I think that’s a crutch
But I don’t ever
Say so much

A chip off the old block
Mended by the grout
Of a mason you resemble
Yet never talk about

You say that you’re afloat
I’m watching you drown
It is safe to say
You’re carrying the weight

The sticker collection you keep
Of the gold-outlined maple leaf
Was passed down from your old man
He was a proud Canadian

Years ago after school
We played in your yard
Where you showed me the tattoo
You pressed onto your arm

Above the skull and dagger
I noticed the marks
Your mother wore as well
Still hear her cries for help

All the damage that I witnessed
And the helplessness I felt
In the hiding places where
Our trembling hands were held

You told me to run home and
Not to speak a word of this
It’s not really him
Just the monsters within

The sticker collection you keep
Of the gold-outlined maple leaf
Was passed down from your old man
He was a proud Canadian
You are a proud Canadian

And I’m not trying
To be insincere
Boy I love you to death
And that’s why I’m here

I’ve been struggling with
My own relations with it
I am leaving for the flagpole
Come with matches if you wish

The sticker collection we keep
Of the gold-outlined maple leaf
How loyal are we to the brand
As proud Canadians?

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from Patient EP, released November 24, 2014

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Joe Vickers Drumheller, Alberta

Farmer by day, troubadour by night, Joe Vickers has logged countless miles on both his combine and tour van. His music explores the human spirit singing of the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the prairies.

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