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 [00:24.82]I saw you running [00:26.26] [00:27.30]Ahead of the crowd [00:30.01] [00:30.82]I chased but never thought I'd catch you [00:35.26] [00:36.94]You said you loved me [00:38.57] [00:39.44]But you had to be free [00:41.50] [00:42.64]And I let you [00:44.24] [00:47.55]Why did I let you [00:48.80] [00:49.48]We walked together [00:50.86] [00:52.00]Through the gardens and graves [00:54.61] [00:55.86]I watched you grow [00:57.74]To be a woman [01:00.05] [01:02.05]Living on promises [01:04.36]That nobody gave [01:06.80] [01:07.30]To no one [01:09.30] [01:13.37]They were given to no one [01:16.05] [01:30.61]I started listening [01:32.48]To the wind and the rain [01:35.49] [01:36.55]You strained your ears [01:38.55]But could hear nothing [01:40.30] [01:42.93]One night I thought [01:45.06]I heard them [01:45.95]Whisper my name [01:48.11]And I went running [01:50.50] [01:55.63]I left a trail of footprints [01:58.54]Deep in the snow [02:00.68] [02:01.93]I swore one day [02:03.40]I would retrace them [02:04.85] [02:08.18]But when I turned around [02:10.81]I found that the wind [02:13.06]Had erased them [02:15.17] [02:19.79]Now I'll never replace them [02:21.67] [02:37.23]Fly away my sweet bird over the land [02:41.32] [02:43.45]Take life for all the freedom you can [02:47.43] [02:49.49]But if you ever should need a man [02:53.43] [02:54.86]Well the offer still stands [02:57.05] [03:23.61]I hear you've taken on a husband and child [03:28.73] [03:29.80]And live somewhere in Pennsylvania [03:34.61] [03:35.98]I never thought you'd ever sever the string [03:40.37] [03:41.06]But I can't blame you none [03:44.18] [03:48.56]So let the ashes fall [03:51.56]And lay where they will [03:53.36] [03:54.93]Just say that once [03:56.06] [03:56.80]You used to know me [03:57.99] [04:01.12]One last time sing that old song [04:03.94]We used to know [04:05.36] [04:06.48]But this time sing oh this time sing [04:15.80] [04:16.30]A little more slowly [04:17.24] [04:33.30]Fly away my sweet bird over the land [04:37.86] [04:39.68]Take life for all the freedom you can [04:43.99] [04:45.80]But if you ever should need a man [04:50.08] [04:50.83]Well the offer still stands