In September 1992 I suddenly lost my daughter at 3 1/2 yrs old just as I was about to assume full custody of her... the day before. Months later I was in a store and something compelled to buy this cassette tape. When I got home I put it on and listened... when this song came on I had picked up the sleeve and began reading the story about Joe Walsh's daughter that he had lost. I began balling... and I am crying agin after listening... again. I love my little baby girl so much and miss her.
Below in the next post is what I was reading that day from Cassette sleeve...
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In September 1992 I suddenly lost my daughter at 3 1/2 yrs old just as I was about to assume full custody of her... the day before. Months later I was in a store and something compelled to buy this cassette tape. When I got home I put it on and listened... when this song came on I had picked up the sleeve and began reading the story about Joe Walsh's daughter that he had lost. I began balling... and I am crying agin after listening... again. I love my little baby girl so much and miss her.
Below in the next post is what I was reading that day from Cassette sleeve...
Songfacts: This song was written as a tribute to Joe Walsh of the Eagles. In the liner notes of her TimeSpace album, Stevie explained: "I guess in a very few rare cases, some people find someone that they fall in love with the very first time they see them... from across the room, from a million miles away. Some people call it love at first sight, and of course, I never believed in that until that night I walked into a party after a gig at the hotel, and from across the room, without my glasses, I saw this man and I walked straight to him. He held out his hands to me, and I walked straight into them. I remember thinking, I can never be far from this person again... he is my soul. He seemed to be in a lot of pain, though hid it well. But finally, a few days later, (we were in Denver), he rented a jeep and drove me up into the snow covered hills of Colorado... for about 2hours. He wouldn't tell me where we were going, but he did tell me a story of a little daughter that he had lost. To Joe, she was much more than a child. She was three and a half, and she could relate to him.
I guess I had been complaining about a lot of things going on on the road, and he decided to make me aware of how unimportant my problems were if they were compared to worse sorrows. So he told me that he had taken his little girl to this magic park whenever he could, and the only thing she EVER complained about was that she was too little to reach up to the drinking fountain. As we drove up to this beautiful park, (it was snowing a little bit), he came around to open my door and help me down, and when I looked up, I saw the park... his baby's park, and I burst into tears saying, 'You built a drinking fountain here for her, didn't you?' I was right, under a huge beautiful hanging tree, was a tiny silver drinking fountain. I left Joe to get to it, and on it, it said, dedicated to HER and all theothers who were too small to get a drink.
So he wrote a song for her, and I wrote a song for him... 'This is your song, ' I said to the people, but it was Joe's song. Thank you, Joe, for the most committed song I ever wrote. But more than that, thank you for inspiring me in so may ways. Nothing in my life everseems as dark anymore, since we took that drive.
Songfacts: This song was written as a tribute to Joe Walsh of the Eagles. In the liner notes of her TimeSpace album, Stevie explained: "I guess in a very few rare cases, some people find someone that they fall in love with the very first time they see them... from across the room, from a million miles away. Some people call it love at first sight, and of course, I never believed in that until that night I walked into a party after a gig at the hotel, and from across the room, without my glasses, I saw this man and I walked straight to him. He held out his hands to me, and I walked straight into them. I remember thinking, I can never be far from this person again... he is my soul. He seemed to be in a lot of pain, though hid it well. But finally, a few days later, (we were in Denver), he rented a jeep and drove me up into the snow covered hills of Colorado... for about 2hours. He wouldn't tell me where we were going, but he did tell me a story of a little daughter that he had lost. To Joe, she was much more than a child. She was three and a half, and she could relate to him.
I guess I had been complaining about a lot of things going on on the road, and he decided to make me aware of how unimportant my problems were if they were compared to worse sorrows. So he told me that he had taken his little girl to this magic park whenever he could, and the only thing she EVER complained about was that she was too little to reach up to the drinking fountain. As we drove up to this beautiful park, (it was snowing a little bit), he came around to open my door and help me down, and when I looked up, I saw the park... his baby's park, and I burst into tears saying, 'You built a drinking fountain here for her, didn't you?' I was right, under a huge beautiful hanging tree, was a tiny silver drinking fountain. I left Joe to get to it, and on it, it said, dedicated to HER and all theothers who were too small to get a drink.
So he wrote a song for her, and I wrote a song for him... 'This is your song, ' I said to the people, but it was Joe's song. Thank you, Joe, for the most committed song I ever wrote. But more than that, thank you for inspiring me in so may ways. Nothing in my life everseems as dark anymore, since we took that drive.
Released 1985. Please take your time to read the songfacts below the lyrics...
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Lyrics: Has anyone ever written anything for you In all your darkest hours Have you ever heard me sing Listen to me now You know I'd rather be alone Than be without you Don't you know
Has anyone ever given anything to you In your darkest hours Did you ever give it back Well, I have I have given that to you If it's all I ever do This is your song
And the rain comes down There's no pain and there's no doubt It was easy to say I believed in you everyday If not for me Then do it for the world
Has anyone ever written anything for you In your darkest sorrow Did you ever hear me sing Listen to me now You know I'd rather be alone Than be without you Don't you know
So, if not for me, then Do it for yourself If not for me then Do it for the world
The lyrics...
Released 1985. Please take your time to read the songfacts below the lyrics...
Homepage: www.nicksfix.com
Lyrics: Has anyone ever written anything for you In all your darkest hours Have you ever heard me sing Listen to me now You know I'd rather be alone Than be without you Don't you know
Has anyone ever given anything to you In your darkest hours Did you ever give it back Well, I have I have given that to you If it's all I ever do This is your song
And the rain comes down There's no pain and there's no doubt It was easy to say I believed in you everyday If not for me Then do it for the world
Has anyone ever written anything for you In your darkest sorrow Did you ever hear me sing Listen to me now You know I'd rather be alone Than be without you Don't you know
So, if not for me, then Do it for yourself If not for me then Do it for the world
Sorry to hear Skubishak. You never fully get over the pain. We lost our 17 year old daughter in 2001 so, I also know the feeling of a great loss. Eric Clapton wrote this after the tragic death of his 4 year old son who fell from a window. It is difficult not to cry after listening.
Sorry to hear Skubishak. You never fully get over the pain. We lost our 17 year old daughter in 2001 so, I also know the feeling of a great loss. Eric Clapton wrote this after the tragic death of his 4 year old son who fell from a window. It is difficult not to cry after listening.
Sorry to hear Skubishak. You never fully get over the pain. We lost our 17 year old daughter in 2001 so, I also know the feeling of a great loss. Eric Clapton wrote this after the tragic death of his 4 year old son who fell from a window. It is difficult not to cry after listening.
Yes Jimmag... it never heals and never will. I was going to get full custody of my daughter the next day.
My heart goes out to you and yours as well.
All these songs were all over the radio while I was dealing with my loss in 1992...
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
November Rain - Guns n Roses
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Personally, for me, hearing them constantly did not make life easier for me. I stopped listening to music and always left the radio on Sports Talk for a long time afterwards.
What made it worse for me was that within a 2 yr period I lost the only Grandmother that I knew (the day before she was to be released from the hospital), my Dad (hit and run while crossing boulevard on foot), and two very close friends(one murdered while doing my job that day and one to suicide after he came to see me at my work). Those were the darkest two yrs of my life. Since then, I've got married and my wife has lost both her parents(including her Mom last X-Mas), Grandmother and Stepmother. Now my Mom is in a really bad spot and it's not looking well. I also lost my Sister in 08 and both my Brothers are in poor shape, I am the youngest and live very far from home without the ability to go visit since my financial situation is not good at this time.
What is your daughters name?
Mine is Christina. She would have been 22 this year.
Quote Originally Posted by Jimmag:
Sorry to hear Skubishak. You never fully get over the pain. We lost our 17 year old daughter in 2001 so, I also know the feeling of a great loss. Eric Clapton wrote this after the tragic death of his 4 year old son who fell from a window. It is difficult not to cry after listening.
Yes Jimmag... it never heals and never will. I was going to get full custody of my daughter the next day.
My heart goes out to you and yours as well.
All these songs were all over the radio while I was dealing with my loss in 1992...
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
November Rain - Guns n Roses
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Personally, for me, hearing them constantly did not make life easier for me. I stopped listening to music and always left the radio on Sports Talk for a long time afterwards.
What made it worse for me was that within a 2 yr period I lost the only Grandmother that I knew (the day before she was to be released from the hospital), my Dad (hit and run while crossing boulevard on foot), and two very close friends(one murdered while doing my job that day and one to suicide after he came to see me at my work). Those were the darkest two yrs of my life. Since then, I've got married and my wife has lost both her parents(including her Mom last X-Mas), Grandmother and Stepmother. Now my Mom is in a really bad spot and it's not looking well. I also lost my Sister in 08 and both my Brothers are in poor shape, I am the youngest and live very far from home without the ability to go visit since my financial situation is not good at this time.
What is your daughters name?
Mine is Christina. She would have been 22 this year.
Skubi......jimmag.............I'm sorry to hear of your losses. I often bitch & complain about things but forget how lucky I've been. A few years ago, I got the call no parent wants in the middle of the night..........my daughter got hit head on by another driver...............& although the car was totaled, she escaped with just bumps & bruises................she'll turn 23 in March.
Again my condolences to you both...... has to be the worst pain anyone can suffer.
Skubi......jimmag.............I'm sorry to hear of your losses. I often bitch & complain about things but forget how lucky I've been. A few years ago, I got the call no parent wants in the middle of the night..........my daughter got hit head on by another driver...............& although the car was totaled, she escaped with just bumps & bruises................she'll turn 23 in March.
Again my condolences to you both...... has to be the worst pain anyone can suffer.
Your Daughter and Family were Blesssed Mr. Mugg. I hope that she is truly uninjured even today and that the incident brought you all closer as a family.
Your Daughter and Family were Blesssed Mr. Mugg. I hope that she is truly uninjured even today and that the incident brought you all closer as a family.
Skubishak, my daughter's name is Brenda and she was hit while crossing a busy street. A car stopped for her and as she kept crossing the street a car in the slower lane did not see her and hit her without stopping. The worse night of my life. Sorry to hear about that 2 year period for you that must have been very difficult to deal with.
Thanks Mugg
Skubishak, my daughter's name is Brenda and she was hit while crossing a busy street. A car stopped for her and as she kept crossing the street a car in the slower lane did not see her and hit her without stopping. The worse night of my life. Sorry to hear about that 2 year period for you that must have been very difficult to deal with.
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