Well, if it was 30 years ago, then I guess I was 12! I heard it on the radio a lot on WJMS out of Ironwood MI, but didn't have the song on an album until I got Gord's Gold a few years later. I doubt I understood the lyrics when I first heard them! Sundown came out during my "I love John Denver" phase of life. I probably didn't understand his lyrics either!