The Flower That Shattered The Stone

Words and Music by Joe Henry and Jarvis
from The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)


 G                        C        G
Earth is our mother just turning around
           Bm          Em	  D
with her trees in the forest and roots underground
     G			   C		G
Our father above us whose sight is the wind
 C           G	       D       G
paint us a rainbow without any end

	                      C             G
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
        Bm            Em 	      D
let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
        C                        G                D
In the hearts of the children a pure love still grows
         C             G	   Em             G
like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
           Am          D7	     G	
like the flower that shattered the stone

    G     	            C           G
A sparrow  finds freedom beholding the sun
       Bm        Em	     D
in the infinite beauty we're all joined in one
   G		           C		G
I reach out before me and look to the sky
       C             G		D	       G
did I hear someone whisper did something pass by

	                      C             G
As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
        Bm            Em 	      D
let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
        C                        G                D
In the hearts of the children a pure love still grows
         C             G	   Em             G
like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
           Am          D7	     G	
like the flower that shattered the stone
         C             G	   Em             G
like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
           Am          D7	     G	
like the flower that shattered the stone