remembering david engel words and music by bob padgett December 5, 2006—Stony Brook, NY ©2006 clamchop creative studio Remembering a changed man and how he chose to spend himself With thanks to Lars Brownworth—for introducing us to David Engel—during his chapel talk at The Stony Brook School on December 5, 2006 I remember David Way back to the seventh grade Despite the stupid things we did How David seemed so unafraid And I remember David When we met again eight years away He rode up to the Starbucks And he had something new to say And I still remember David What he did with all that time that passed And I still remember David How he spent himself on things that last and now he’s gone I remember David The day he locked the teacher up And when he pushed me through a window And how everything was “radical” And I remember David When he told me how life fell apart How he had to grow up so fast Cause his life had ended up so hard And I still remember David How he changed his life to something true And I still remember David How he spent himself to make things new So many years behind us two The different paths our lives had taken Out of the darkness he had known He said it’s not too late to seek a newer world— And I still remember David What he did with all that time that passed And I still remember David How he spent himself on things that last And I still remember David How he changed his life to something true And I still remember David How he spent himself to make things new and now he’s gone close