Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band / Washington Post March

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[00:00.00]Leader of the Band / Washington Post March - Dan Fogelberg
[00:21.21]An only child alone and wild
[00:24.16]A cabinet maker's son
[00:28.14]His hands were meant for different work
[00:31.07]And his heart was known to none
[00:35.35]He left his home and
[00:37.22]Went his lone and solitary way
[00:41.64]He gave And to me a gift I know
[00:45.31]I never can repay
[00:55.45]A quiet man of music
[00:58.00]Denied a simpler fate
[01:02.39]He tried to be a soldier once
[01:05.16]But his music wouldn't wait
[01:09.43]He earned his love through discipline
[01:12.37]A thundering velvet hand
[01:16.10]His gentle means of sculpting souls
[01:19.40]Took me years to understand
[01:23.89]The leader of the band is tired
[01:27.17]And his eyes are growing old
[01:30.08]But his blood runs through my instrument
[01:33.95]And his song is in my soul --
[01:38.05]My life has been a poor attempt
[01:41.63]To imitate the man
[01:44.50]I'm just a living legacy
[01:47.85]To the leader of the band
[01:58.42]My brothers' lives were different
[02:00.78]For they heard another call
[02:04.79]One went to Chicago
[02:07.91]And the other to St Paul
[02:12.33]And I'm in Colorado
[02:14.37]When I'm not in some hotel
[02:19.02]Living out this life I've chose
[02:22.15]And come to know so well
[02:48.27]I thank you for the music
[02:50.78]And your stories of the road
[02:54.84]I thank you for the freedom
[02:57.74]When it came my time to go
[03:02.21]I thank you for the kindness
[03:04.88]And the times when you got tough
[03:08.79]And papa I don't think I
[03:11.87]Said 'I love you' near enough
[03:16.41]The leader of the band is tired
[03:19.76]And his eyes are growing old
[03:22.49]But his blood runs through my instrument
[03:26.14]And his song is in my soul
[03:30.56]My life has been a poor attempt
[03:33.89]To imitate the man
[03:37.01]I'm just a living legacy
[03:40.36]To the leader of the band
[03:44.12]I am the living legacy
[03:47.53]To the leader of the band