HARLEY MERRITT I REALLY MISS YOU!

I MISS HARLEY MERRITT MY LIL BROTHER-N-LAW SO MUCH I JUST HAD TO DO A "YOUTUBE" TO BE ABLE TO REPLAY IT WHENEVER I WANTED TO. Sadly he was killed by a drunk driver in the mid 80's. HE WAS THE COOLEST GUY EVER! The words are from Bernie Taupin:

I used to know this old scarecrow
He was my song, my joy and sorrow
Cast alone between the furrows
Of a field no longer sown by anyone

I held a dandelion
That said the time had come
To leave upon the wind
Not to return
When summer burned the earth again

Cultivate the freshest flower
This garden ever grew
Beneath these branches
I once wrote such childish words for you

But that's okay
There's treasure children always seek to find
And just like us
You must have had
A once upon a time

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[sgtshane]

Harley has a grown-up son , Joel and now Joel has 2 boys , Paul and Luke.....

[sgtshane]

The real bad sad part is that he had died and I did not know about it till the early 90's. Recently I returned to El Paso and well I drove over to his old house, and I had to revisit the local buggy shop too. His dad, Joe Merritt wanted a son all his life, in fact he had Harley's name picked out since the 50's. He had 3 daughters before Harley was finally born. Joe died of a broken heart about a year after Harley's accident.

[bjshana58]

What a wonderful and sad video. Beautiful tribute to "your brother"......