The Last Nail-Dan Fogelberg

[ti:The Last Nail] [ar:Dan Fogelberg] [al:Original Album Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Last Nail - Dan Fogelberg [00:25.17]I saw you running [00:26.42]Ahead of the crowd [00:28.85]I chased but never thought [00:32.66]I'd catch you [00:34.97]You said you loved me [00:39.34]But you had to be free [00:41.52]And I let you [00:43.73]Why did I let you [00:48.98]We walked together [00:50.67]Through the gardens and graves [00:53.60]I watched you grow [00:57.22]To be a woman [00:59.09]Living on promises [01:02.83]That nobody gave [01:06.77]To no one [01:09.26]They were given to no one [01:16.44]I started listening [01:31.62]To the wind and the rain [01:34.74]You strained your ears [01:38.68]But could hear nothing [01:40.36]One night I thought [01:44.35]I heard them [01:45.79]Whisper my name [01:46.97]And I went running [01:49.16]I left a trail of footprints [01:57.88]Deep in the snow [01:59.69]I swore one day [02:03.12]I would retrace them [02:04.93]But when I turned around [02:09.55]I found that the wind [02:12.17]Had erased them [02:14.04]Now I'll never replace them [02:20.78]Fly away my sweet bird over the land [02:40.93]Take life for all the freedom you can [02:46.86]But if you ever should need a man [02:54.16]Well the offer still stands [02:57.28]I hear you've taken on a husband and child [03:27.63]And live somewhere in Pennsylvania [03:32.75]I never thought you'd ever sever the string [03:40.43]But I can't blame you none [03:43.61]So let the ashes fall [03:51.10]And lay where they will [03:53.09]Just say that once [03:56.65]You used to know me [03:59.33]One last time sing that old song [04:04.39]We used to know [04:05.57]But this time sing [04:08.63]A little more slowly [04:18.67]Fly away my sweet bird over the land [04:36.82]Take life for all the freedom you can [04:43.87]But if you ever should need a man [04:49.55]Well the offer still stands