April 4th has had a huge significance in my life.
On April 4, 1965 Richard Grier, my father slipped into a coma, and lost his battle with cancer on April 25th in Middletown, CT age 33
On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King was gunned down in Memphis, TN age 39
and On April 4, 1989 Peter VanderPutten lost his fight with AIDS in Key West, FL at The Cypress House the guest house he owned. I was by his side. Peter my cousin, my teacher age 48
I wrote a song called "Fallen Friends" for Peter and for all those lost to AIDS so many, so quickly in the 1980's. We haven't forgotten, now more than ever.
listen to an MP3 Fallen Friends
Lyrics
Fallen Friends Words/Music-C. Grier Sesac Singerfish Publishing
Where Have My Friends Gone
They Have All Fallen
Where Are My Many Fallen Friends
I Hope They Are Somewhere
Where No Anger Resides And There's No Hate
Where No One Decides What's Wrong Or Right
Before Its Too Late
Where Have My Friends Gone
Last I Looked They Were Healthy And Funny
But Where Are My Many Fallen Friends
I Keep Looking Again
Chorus:
And They're Falling
My Falling, Falling Friends
My Falling, Falling Friends
Some Saw Denial
And There Lifestyles On Trial
Some Tried To Say
Why Has The Government Looked Far Away
Number Days Are All Gone
Chorus
And What We Are Missing
By Not Taking A Stand
Are The Many Numbers Too Afraid To Lend A Hand
And There's Such A Demand
Lives That Are Cut Short
It Doesn't Make Sense
Why Can't We, Why Can't We Rise Up
And Help Find A Cure, Others Aren't Sure
And They're Falling Falling Lovers, Falling Men
Falling Women, My Falling Friends And They're Falling Children
Falling Lovers, Falling Men, Falling Women, My Falling Friends
Will The Falling Ever End
