Simply The Best - Leader of the Band

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[00:00.00]Leader of the Band - Simply The Best
[00:20.43]An only child alone and wild
[00:23.44]A cabinet maker's son
[00:27.14]His hands were meant for different work
[00:30.34]And his heart was known to none
[00:34.61]He left his home and went his lone
[00:37.59]And solitary way
[00:41.08]And he gave to me
[00:42.89]A gift I know I never can repay
[00:54.68]A quiet man of music
[00:57.42]Denied a simpler fate
[01:01.23]He tried to be a soldier once
[01:04.49]But his music wouldn't wait
[01:08.47]He earned his love through discipline
[01:11.72]A thundering velvet hand
[01:15.04]His gentle means of sculpting souls
[01:18.82]Took me years to understand
[01:23.16]The leader of the band is tired
[01:26.06]And his eyes are growing old
[01:29.60]But his blood runs through my instrument
[01:32.89]And his song is in my soul
[01:37.28]My life has been a poor attempt
[01:40.16]To imitate the man
[01:43.63]I'm just a living legacy
[01:47.12]To the leader of the band
[01:57.36]My brothers' lives were different
[01:59.96]For they heard another call
[02:04.30]One went to Chicago
[02:06.77]And the other to St Paul
[02:11.59]And I'm in Colorado
[02:14.14]When I'm not in some hotel
[02:18.46]Living out this life I've chose
[02:21.41]And come to know so well
[02:47.25]I thank you for the music
[02:49.79]And your stories of the road
[02:53.81]I thank you for the freedom
[02:56.91]When it came my time to go
[03:01.27]I thank you for the kindness
[03:04.01]And the times when you got tough
[03:07.92]And papa I don't think
[03:10.52]I said "I love you" near enough
[03:15.58]The leader of the band is tired
[03:18.51]And his eyes are growing old
[03:21.99]But his blood runs through my instrument
[03:25.15]And his song is in my soul
[03:29.66]My life has been a poor attempt
[03:32.61]To imitate the man
[03:35.90]I'm just a living legacy
[03:39.33]To the leader of the band
[03:42.96]I am the living legacy
[03:46.49]To the leader of the band