Leader Of The Band/Washington Post March-Dan Fogelberg

[ti:Leader Of The Band/Washington ] [ar:Dan Fogelberg] [al:The Innocent Age] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Leader Of The Band/Washington Post March - Dan Fogelberg (丹·弗吉尔伯格) [00:21.15]An only child alone and wild [00:23.45] [00:24.20]A cabinet maker's son [00:26.38] [00:28.13]His hands were meant for different work [00:30.82]And his heart was known to none -- [00:33.82] [00:34.94]He left his home and went his lone and solitary way [00:41.71]And he gave to me a gift I know [00:44.94]I never can repay [00:48.81] [00:55.30]A quiet man of music [00:57.67]Denied a simpler fate [01:00.44] [01:02.25]He tried to be a soldier once [01:04.83]But his music wouldn't wait [01:08.26] [01:09.02]He earned his love through discipline [01:11.97]A thundering velvet hand [01:14.72] [01:15.71]His gentle means of sculpting souls [01:19.15]Took me years to understand [01:22.21] [01:23.46]The leader of the band is tired [01:26.63]And his eyes are growing old [01:29.19] [01:29.88]But his blood runs through my instrument [01:32.87]And his song is in my soul -- [01:37.68]My life has been a poor attempt [01:40.88]To imitate the man [01:43.38] [01:44.12]I'm just a living legacy [01:47.75]To the leader of the band [01:50.80] [01:57.92]My brothers' lives were different [02:00.35]For they heard another call [02:03.28] [02:04.53]One went to Chicago [02:07.53]And the other to St Paul [02:10.96] [02:11.83]And I'm in Colorado [02:14.51]When I'm not in some hotel [02:17.20] [02:18.70]Living out this life I've chose [02:21.71]And come to know so well [02:25.33] [02:47.79]I thank you for the music [02:50.29]And your stories of the road [02:53.28] [02:54.66]I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go [03:00.52] [03:01.58]I thank you for the kindness [03:04.39]And the times when you got tough [03:08.10]And papa I don't think I [03:10.76]Said 'I love you' near enough [03:15.06] [03:15.75]The leader of the band is tired [03:18.99]And his eyes are growing old [03:21.55] [03:22.18]But his blood runs through my instrument [03:25.54]And his song is in my soul [03:29.91]My life has been a poor attempt [03:33.35]To imitate the man [03:36.34]I'm just a living legacy [03:39.90]To the leader of the band [03:42.89] [03:43.52]I am the living legacy [03:47.32]To the leader of the band