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I WALKED IN THE ROOM TODAY, 7/25/2001, AND THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS A BIG BROWN BOX. WELL, I SIGNED MY NAME IN THE LITTLE BOOK AND GRABBED A LEAFLET AND WALKED OVER TO THE BOX. IT WAS CLOSED BUT I STILL KNEW WHAT WAS INSIDE. MY FRIEND. AND I KNEW THAT IN A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS, THE BOX WOULD BE MOVED AND PLACED SIX FEET UNDER.
THE LAST LIVING MEMORY I HAVE OF JOSEPH ROBERT BINDER IS THAT OF HIM WALKING DOWN THE HALL AT EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS BASEBALL CAP ON BACKWARDS, HIS BACKPACK ON, AND A HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE. JOEY HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMILE. JUST LOOKING AT HIM, YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE YOURSELF. HE WAS A GREAT STUDENT, A GREAT ATHLETE, AND WELL, BASICALLY AN ALL AROUND GREAT GUY. HE WAS POPULAR BUT NOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS SNOTTY. HE WAS JUST, JOEY.
I WATCHED THE SLIDESHOW THEY PRESENTED OF HIM. I COULDN'T KEEP MYSELF FROM CRYING THE WHOLE TIME. THERE WERE HIS BABY PICTURES, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, HOMECOMING, HIS MR. KNIGHT PHOTOS, SENIOR PICTURES, AND OF COURSE, GRADUATION. AND AS I WAS WATCHING THIS, I REALIZED THAT THIS IS HOW EVERYONE IS ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER HIM. WHEN THE CLASS OF 2000'S TEN YEAR REUNION ROLLS AROUND, EVERYONE WILL BE ALMOST 30, SOME MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, SOME WITH GREAT CAREERS, BUT JOEY WILL ALWAYS BE 19. HE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUNG AND HANDSOME.
OVER AROUND 400 PEOPLE FROM SCHOOL ALONE SHOWED UP FOR HIS FUNERAL. HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE. MADE SO MANY PEOPLE LAUGH.
JOEY DIED ON SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2001. HE WAS TRYING TO BEAT AN AMTRAK TRAIN AND WENT BETWEEN THE GUARDRAILS. HIS CAR WAS HIT AND BOTH HIM AND HIS PASSENGER, BRANDON C. BROWN (RIP) WERE EJECTED. THEY SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES. IT TOOK THE DEATH OF ONE OF OUR OWN TO MAKE US ALL SEE THAT WE ARE BY NO MEANS INVINCIBLE. JOEY TOOK ONE DUMB MOVE AND ROBBED HIMSELF AS WELL AS A FRIEND OF THEIR LIVES. JOEY WILL NOT GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, HE WILL NOT GET MARRIED, HE WILL NOT HAVE CHILDREN. AND EACH DAY THAT GOES BY, WE WON'T HAVE JOEY. JOEY, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND THE JOYS YOU BROUGHT TO LIFE. WE ALL MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. |
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I will Remember You
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard
But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweighed the bad.
I thought we'd get to see forever
But forever's gone away
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
I don't know where this road
Is going to lead.
All I know is where we've been
And what we've been through
If we get to see tomorrow
I hope it's worth the wait
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
And I'll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
And I'll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
One Sweet Day
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
'Cause you've flown away
So far away
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive
Alive
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Darling, I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
And I miss the love we shared
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Although the sun will never shine the same
I'll always look to a brighter day
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
The Dance
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance |
