Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
He Was Superman
Copyright: 2018
This is a short song written for Lenny Burke whom I met at the Inn at Long Trail. He was a tremendous athlete who was on the fast track to division 1 basketball. He also shot par golf the first time he was on a course.
In his senior year he was undercut under the basket and suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury. It was then his path changed to effect the lives of hundreds of others.
His courageous mother Emmy did research on her own to attempt to assist in Lenny's recovery from his 46 day coma. The results were so remarkable they formed Lenny Burke's Farm in Vermont and have since helped people with TBI from around the world.
His outlook was always positive, his humor was quick and he understood completely the change in life's path.
A book was written about his life, A Bend in the Road and at a book signing he quipped, "I wish my name was Al."
Lenny passed June 22nd at age 56 after nearly 40 year's with a TBI.
He was Superman
And the buildings he would bound
He could clear without a sound
He touched the sky
He was Superman
and the strength that was renowned
wasn't measured by the pound
It was in his eyes
And I hope you think it's right
That the purpose of each life
Is to reach as many people as you can
Count those people on one hand
For an ordinary man
But it's countless lives when
you are a Superman
He was Superman
And the powers he was given
and the life that he was living
would change and he embraced it to the end
He mom was Lois Lane, no ordinary dame
and his Jimmy was no ordinary friend
And if you ever met him
You'd surely not forget him
He was Superman
