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
[00:20.80]An only child alone and wild
[00:23.48]A cabinet maker's son
[00:27.66]His hands were meant for different work
[00:32.29]And his heart was known to none
[00:34.84]He left his home and went his lone
[00:37.71]And solitary way
[00:41.20]And he gave to me
[00:43.32]A gift I know I never can repay
[00:54.80]A quiet man of music
[00:57.37]Denied a simpler fate
[01:01.61]He tried to be a soldier once
[01:04.48]But his music wouldn't wait
[01:08.85]He earned his love through discipline
[01:11.84]A thundering velvet hand
[01:15.34]His gentle means of sculpting souls
[01:18.95]Took me years to understand
[01:23.26]The leader of the band is tired
[01:26.19]And his eyes are growing old
[01:29.07]But his blood runs through my instrument
[01:33.00]And his song is in my soul
[01:37.18]My life has been a poor attempt
[01:40.05]To imitate the man
[01:43.85]I'm just a living legacy
[01:47.23]To the leader of the band
[01:57.52]My brothers' lives were different
[01:59.95]For they heard another call
[02:04.32]One went to Chicago
[02:07.19]And the other to St Paul
[02:11.56]And I'm in Colorado
[02:13.74]When I'm not in some hotel
[02:18.42]Living out this life I've chose
[02:21.17]And come to know so well
[02:47.37]I thank you for the music
[02:49.81]And your stories of the road
[02:54.24]I thank you for the freedom
[02:57.24]When it came my time to go
[03:01.23]I thank you for the kindness
[03:03.79]And the times when you got tough
[03:07.78]And papa I don't think
[03:11.15]I said "I love you" near enough
[03:15.39]The leader of the band is tired
[03:18.14]And his eyes are growing old
[03:21.51]But his blood runs through my instrument
[03:24.88]And his song is in my soul
[03:29.31]My life has been a poor attempt
[03:32.93]To imitate the man
[03:35.93]I'm just a living legacy
[03:38.98]To the leader of the band
[03:43.16]I am the living legacy
[03:46.16]To the leader of the band
