Leader Of The Band Lyrics - Dan Fogelberg

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 

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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 

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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, papa, 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 a living legacy to the leader of the band