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Melinda

(5,465 posts)
75. Oh man...
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 01:41 AM
Dec 2012

One of the songs played live at my brother Pat's funeral service... Pat had been left a quadriplegic by a drunk driver when he was but 16 years of age... he lived 13 more years only. He was more than my brother, he was my confidant and my best friend, and I miss him as much to this day as to the day he passed. He left us 26 years ago this past December 6th, on my fathers birthday. I had the lyrics published on a memorial card gifted to all who loved him, and I tweaked the lyrics just a bit...

"Fly on fly home, fly home my friend, go on, go home... go home and walk again.."

An eagle is engraved on his headstone with these same lyrics.

I can't begin to tell you how touched I am that you too love this song, and the incomparable SRV. Thank you for posting this.

what sad songs get you through? [View all] bench scientist Dec 2012 OP
to your friend, KT2000 Dec 2012 #1
peace KT2000 bench scientist Dec 2012 #2
I love this one JaneyVee Dec 2012 #3
thanks ! bench scientist Dec 2012 #5
Sorry to hear about your friend. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #7
One I used to karaoke.... Wounded Bear Dec 2012 #4
oh and so steeped in sadness bench scientist Dec 2012 #6
I'm very sorry for your loss. yardwork Dec 2012 #8
thanks yardwork bench scientist Dec 2012 #13
Thank you! yardwork Dec 2012 #15
ah snark and sadness tis merely degrees , luv bench scientist Dec 2012 #36
"Life Without You" Bonobo Dec 2012 #9
oh SRV one of the great ones! bench scientist Dec 2012 #19
Oh man... Melinda Dec 2012 #75
Melinda... Bonobo Dec 2012 #79
I'm sorry about your friend. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #10
yes it is. bench scientist Dec 2012 #16
Thank you. If you have never heard this song by Loreena McKinnett sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #25
Utterly gorgeous... Hekate Dec 2012 #50
Very sorry wendylaroux Dec 2012 #11
thanks bench scientist Dec 2012 #17
Wings of a Dove Cracklin Charlie Dec 2012 #12
be well CC bench scientist Dec 2012 #14
In the movie Alice's Restaurant theres a beautiful piece.. ".Songs to Aging Children Come..." Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #18
"Please Don't Be Scared" -- Barry Manilow Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #20
I'm sorry for your loss lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #21
thanks lumberjack jeff bench scientist Dec 2012 #65
Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival sadbear Dec 2012 #22
Nice. nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #23
... RainDog Dec 2012 #24
So sorry to hear mzteaze Dec 2012 #26
Roses at the End of TIme DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #27
Tina Turner roody Dec 2012 #28
Sometimes It Snows In April greyl Dec 2012 #29
This might do it. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #30
Or, A Row of Small Trees...(lyrics only) DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #31
That is beautiful. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #38
I'm so sorry for your loss, bench scientist. chalky Dec 2012 #32
thanks chalky bench scientist Dec 2012 #64
and then, for a twist of fate, there's Dangerous... DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #34
High Hopes. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #35
and last, but not least, Should I Fall Behind DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #37
From Jeffrey Lee Pierce.... Tikki Dec 2012 #39
Billy Joel, "Piano Man" Promethean Dec 2012 #40
needle in the hay-elliot smith Tunkamerica Dec 2012 #41
Accoustic guitar lullaby ErikJ Dec 2012 #42
Sorry for your loss ashling Dec 2012 #43
"For a Dancer" Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #44
+1. Beautiful. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #55
I was just getting ready to post that. pamela Dec 2012 #70
It's my favorite one too. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #71
I lost a dear family member to addiction back in '10. So, so hard. CTyankee Dec 2012 #45
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother DeSwiss Dec 2012 #46
I suck at YouTube videography and what-not, but two songs I'd like to recommend: coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #47
The Parting Glass by Liam Clancy Hekate Dec 2012 #48
... Fumesucker Dec 2012 #49
Asleep by the Smiths is the saddest, most haunting and aching song I know of... Violet_Crumble Dec 2012 #51
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #52
I got one oldie, and one older than that. lob1 Dec 2012 #53
All I Know - Art Garfunkel Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #54
A Hoyt Axton song done by Steppenwolf hobbit709 Dec 2012 #56
when they ring the golden bells kydo Dec 2012 #57
(the London) Suede. got maudlin down to a science. NuttyFluffers Dec 2012 #58
Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" napkinz Dec 2012 #59
So weird...a good friend of mine, also battling addiction, ended his own life this summer alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #60
I'm so sorry for your loss Alcibiades mystery bench scientist Dec 2012 #63
When I WANT to cry, when I need to cry duhneece Dec 2012 #61
"Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding. watrwefitinfor Dec 2012 #62
my condolences Rider3 Dec 2012 #66
i'm so sorry for your loss barbtries Dec 2012 #67
Sorry to hear of your loss, but sad songs don't Fawke Em Dec 2012 #68
Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go .... DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #69
Well..."I'm Gonna Be Strong", by Cyndi Lauper and Blue Angel Mister Ed Dec 2012 #72
Tom Waits "Waltzing Matilda" is a personal favorite 0rganism Dec 2012 #73
"She Goes On" by Neil Finn/Crowded House DevonRex Dec 2012 #74
Satie...he understood humans, I think BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #76
"Slow Down Joe" Monsters of Folk izzybeans Dec 2012 #77
Guerrilla Radio lonestarnot Dec 2012 #78
I'm sorry..........Oh, I have a few. PDJane Dec 2012 #80
Espers Matariki Dec 2012 #81
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