The Sun Is Burning Lyrics

Performed by Simon and Garfunkel
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The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared

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An alternative performance | Reviewer: Cahal McAleer | 4/13/12

Ordinarily, I tend to subscribe to the view that the writer makes the best version of his/her own lyrics. In this case, I would make an exception. I have just listened (many times!) to the version of 'The Sun is Burning' by the late Luke Kelly of the Dubliners. Spellbinding!!!

Gentle horror | Reviewer: George Sweeney | 6/12/11

I feel this is the most poignant and wrenching appraisal ever made
of the horror that is the atom. In a few well chosen words, S & G
have captured the essence of the black cloud that hangs over the world.

One of S & G's greatest ever...thank goodness its released | Reviewer: notabout me | 5/7/11

After my vinyl records were thrown out and i slowly replaced the essential ones, like Wednesday Morning at 3 am, I was thrilled to hear the additional songs released on the CD. The Sun Is Burning In the Sky is one of the best S & G songs recorded. Their sweet harmony has never moved or blended better. It is exquisite. On every level. The song is so deceptively welcoming, and simplistic sounding. Its music and lyrics are a counterpoint to one another. Just brilliant.

oh - wow!!! | Reviewer: John van Gelderen | 3/10/10

I am 55 years old. I knew this album existed, but never listened to it. Simon and Garfunkel sometimes built powerful, sad and twisted messeges in songs that sounded so sweet, like Barbara Allen and Down In the Willow Garden on the Angel Clair album.

The Sun is Burning sounds so sweet and peaceful. It took me about five to ten repeats to hear how early in the song they transition from a peaceful sunset to something that rises instead, the thing we still fear, forty five years after the song was written, the bright flash, and the mushroom cloud.


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