" Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high "
What could have inspired Denver to pen such beautiful lyrics ?
Was the song meant to be an allegory where the sun was Lady Justice upholding whatever you did ?
How would you ever bathe in sunshine without meeting the sun in the eye ?
Would the moist eyes never desire to illuminate the countenance with an unparalleled light ?
Perhaps the cascade would be able to answer...
The cascade rambled down the craggy stones
Dislodging the pebbles in its hasty dash,
And silenced the trees deafening groans
As they were uprooted like a brutal knife’s slash.
And the rocks on which it thundered down
Bore the grunt of the fall passively,
Like soldiers in their armoured gowns
Would impale the hearts of the not guilty.
And the waters splashed and left a mark on all
And crippled some and left some lame,
For it had been assured by the mighty fall
That things would never again be the same.
And the cascade was being backed in its infernal cause
By the sun behind it, shining bright,
As calm and serene as she always was
And smiling as if it was the fall’s birthright.
