For Amy

© 2002 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

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	C	Am
I s	ometimes have spoken	about you

	F	G
But I n	ever did write you a s	ong;

	C	G
	You know that I never forgot y	ou,

	F	C
Though betw	een us the years have grown l	ong,

	F
So now after all that I've b	een through,

	Dm	Em
the h	eartache, the laughter, the t	ears,

	C	F	C	G
I'm s	inging a song for my	Am	eth	yst Rose

	G	F	C	G	C
Who's w	aited for s	o m	an	y y	ears.

F Am

The fl owers of summer are sh attered

Dm Em

Their st ems wrapped in shadow and fr ost,

C G

Their l eaves and their petals wind-sc attered,

Dm Am

Rem inders of all we have l ost;

F C

But one stands with blosso m unbroken,

F G

No m atter what bitter wind bl ows,

C F

Of l ove and remembrance a t oken,

G F C G C

For ever, for Am eth yst R ose.

	C	Am
Though you	never were more than a	shadow

	F	G
	Stillborn before you could	live

	C	G
Still I've	always been drawn to your	darkness--

	F	C
Even	shadows have something to	give.

	C	F
And	whenever my dreams have been	shattered,

	Dm	Em
And	sift through my fingers like	sand

	C	F	C	G
It's	then I remember my	Am	eth	yst Rose

	G	F	C	G	C
And	dream you are	hold	ing	my	hand.

F Am

The fl owers of summer are sh attered

Dm Em

Their st ems wrapped in shadow and fr ost,

C G

Their l eaves and their petals wind-sc attered,

Dm Am

Rem inders of all we have l ost;

F C

But one stands with blosso m unbroken,

F G

No m atter what bitter wind bl ows,

C F

Of l ove and remembrance a t oken,

G F C G C

For ever, for Am eth yst R ose.

	C	Am
I	dream of a petrified	forest

	F	G
And	gaze at a stone, silent	glade

	C	G
Where	one crystal flower stands	blooming,

	F	C
Her	stems and her leaves of green	jade;

	F
Obsidian thorns keen as	sorrow,

	Dm	Em
But when	I've been forgotten for	years,

	C	F	C	G
Still	there in the twilight my	Am	eth	yst Rose

	G	F	C	G	C
Will be	blooming, unt	arn	ished	by	tears.

F Am

The fl owers of summer are sh attered

Dm Em

Their st ems wrapped in shadow and fr ost,

C G

Their l eaves and their petals wind-sc attered,

Dm Am

Rem inders of all we have l ost;

F C

But one stands with blosso m unbroken,

F G

No m atter what bitter wind bl ows,

C F

Of l ove and remembrance a t oken,

G F C G C

For ever, for Am eth yst R ose.

Amethyst Rose was our second child, stillborn August 4th, 1990. Her memorial page can be found here.