Leader of the Band/Washington Post March-Dan Fogelberg

[00:20.42] An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son. [00:27.62] His hands were meant for different work [00:30.21] And his heart was known to none [00:34.33] He left his home and went his lone and solitary way [00:41.17] And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay [00:54.65] A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate [01:00.89] He tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't wait [01:08.50] He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand [01:14.64] His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand [01:23.19] The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old [01:36.41] My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man [01:43.76] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band [01:43.82] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band [01:56.95] My brother's lives were different for they heard another call [02:02.73] One went to Chicago and the other to St Paul [02:11.15] And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel [02:18.09] Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well [02:45.92] I thank you for the music and your stories of the road [02:54.04] I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go [03:00.93] I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough [03:07.59] And papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough [03:15.29] The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old [03:21.27] But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul [03:28.61] My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man [03:35.76] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band [03:43.07] I am a living legacy to the leader of the band [03:53.45] (The End)