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.