{new_song} {title: For Amy} {key: C} {capo: 2} {comment_italic: \copyright 2002 Stephen Savitzky. \SomeRightsReserved. } {time: 4:15} {start_of_verse} I s[C]ometimes have spoken [Am]about you But I n[F]ever did write you a s[G]ong; [C]You know that I never forgot y[G]ou, Though betw[F]een us the years have grown l[C]ong, So now after all that I've b[F]een through, the h[Dm]eartache, the laughter, the t[Em]ears, I'm s[C]inging a song for my [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst Rose Who's w[G]aited for s[F]o m[C]an[G]y y[C]ears. {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} The fl[F]owers of summer are sh[Am]attered Their st[Dm]ems wrapped in shadow and fr[Em]ost, Their l[C]eaves and their petals wind-sc[G]attered, Rem[Dm]inders of all we have l[Am]ost; But [F]one stands with blosso[C]m unbroken, No m[F]atter what bitter wind bl[G]ows, Of l[C]ove and remembrance a t[F]oken, For[G]ever, for [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst R[C]ose. {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse} Though you [C]never were more than a [Am]shadow [F]Stillborn before you could [G]live Still I've [C]always been drawn to your [G]darkness-- Even [F]shadows have something to [C]give. And [C]whenever my dreams have been [F]shattered, And [Dm]sift through my fingers like [Em]sand It's [C]then I remember my [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst Rose And [G]dream you are [F]hold[C]ing [G]my [C]hand. {new_page} {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} The fl[F]owers of summer are sh[Am]attered Their st[Dm]ems wrapped in shadow and fr[Em]ost, Their l[C]eaves and their petals wind-sc[G]attered, Rem[Dm]inders of all we have l[Am]ost; But [F]one stands with blosso[C]m unbroken, No m[F]atter what bitter wind bl[G]ows, Of l[C]ove and remembrance a t[F]oken, For[G]ever, for [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst R[C]ose. {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse} I [C]dream of a petrified [Am]forest And [F]gaze at a stone, silent [G]glade Where [C]one crystal flower stands [G]blooming, Her [F]stems and her leaves of green [C]jade; Obsidian thorns keen as [F]sorrow, But when [Dm]I've been forgotten for [Em]years, Still [C]there in the twilight my [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst Rose Will be [G]blooming, unt[F]arn[C]ished [G]by [C]tears. {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus} The fl[F]owers of summer are sh[Am]attered Their st[Dm]ems wrapped in shadow and fr[Em]ost, Their l[C]eaves and their petals wind-sc[G]attered, Rem[Dm]inders of all we have l[Am]ost; But [F]one stands with blosso[C]m unbroken, No m[F]atter what bitter wind bl[G]ows, Of l[C]ove and remembrance a t[F]oken, For[G]ever, for [F]Am[C]eth[G]yst R[C]ose. {end_of_chorus} Amethyst Rose was our second child, stillborn August 4th, 1990. Her memorial page can be found here. {meta: website http://Steve.Savitzky.net/Songs/for-amy/lyrics}