Stonehaven Sunset
Words and Music by John Denver
from The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)
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Stonehaven Sunset the water's on fire
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My true love is singing, we kiss and conspire
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Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky
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A song for tomorrow love sweet by and by
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For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true
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Sing a song for each other for me and for you
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Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies
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Sing a Stonehaven water home, Stonehaven Sunrise.
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Stonehaven sunset the desert's on fire
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Christ on the cross again burns with desire
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They are shooting at random though they aim at us all
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It's the children who rise up and children who fall
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All the angels are weeping the sweetest of tears
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Fall like rivers of mercy to wash all our fears
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Sing a song for Old Glory and a future that dies
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Sing a Stonehaven desert's home, Stonehaven Sunrise.
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Stonehaven Sunset the city's on fire
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The soldiers just smile and say this gun's for hire
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Give in to the beast boy give in to the thrill
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It's just human nature to hunt and to kill
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We all die together and yet somehow alone
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Just together we have memories and many are gone
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Singing songs for old soldiers a chorus of sights
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Sing of Stonehaven city's home, Stonehaven Sunrise.
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Stonehaven Sunset the mountain's on fire
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My spirit is lifted, rising higher and higher
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All the prophets are laughing they say we told you so
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It's one thing to play guessing games, another to know
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For the needs of many are the sins of a few
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And the day is forthcoming when accounting is due
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Sing a song for sweet justice with a fire in her eyes
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Sing of Stonehaven mountain home, Stonehaven Sunrise.
G D G D
Stonehaven Sunset the water's on fire
G C G D
My true love is singing, we kiss and conspire
G D G D
Sing a song for the ocean a song for the sky
G C G D
Sing a song for tomorrow love sweet by and by
C D G C
For the child who is coming and for dreams that come true
G C G D
Sing a song for each other for me and for you
C D G C
Sing a song for all lovers all the stars in the skies
G C D G
Sing a Stonehaven water home, Stonehaven Sunrise.