Fogelberg Dan Leader Of The Band Lyrics

Leader Of The Band Lyrics

An only child
Alone and wild
A cabinet maker's son
His hands were
meant
For different work
And his heart was known
   To none --
He
left his home
And went his lone
And solitary way
And he gave to
me
A gift I know I never
   can repay
A quiet man of music
Denied a
simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn't
wait
He earned his love
   Through discipline
A thundering, velvet
hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to
understand.
The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing
old
But his blood runs through
   My instrument
And his song is in my
soul --
My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I'm just a
living legacy
To the leader of the band.
My brothers' lives were
  
different
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago
And the
other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
When I'm not in some
hotel
Living out this life I've chose
And come to know so well.
I
thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the
freedom
When it came my time to go --
I thank you for the kindness
And
the times when you got tough
And, pap, I don't think I
Said 'I love you'
near enough --
The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing
old
But his blood runs through
   My instrument
And his song is in my
soul --
My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I'm just a
living legacy
To the leader of the band
I am the living legacy
To the
leader of the band.