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Track: Leader of the Band
Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Love Songs

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Name: Dan Fogelberg
Spotify Genres: yacht rock, soft rock
Followers: 814,697
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Biography

American singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist. Born August 13, 1951 in Peoria, Illinois, USA, died December 16, 2007 in Deer Isle, Maine, USA. Son of [a444169], whom Dan sang a tribute to with the song "Leader of the Band".

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Leader of the Band
Love Songs
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Missing You
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Run for the Roses
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Release: Dan Fogelberg - Leader Of The Band / Times Like These
Year: 1981
Genres: Rock
Styles: Classic Rock

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Performance: Leader of the Band / Washington Post March

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LYRICS

An only child alone and wild
A cab'net maker's son
His hands were meant for diff'rent 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 thru' discipline
A thund'ring 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 thru' 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 brother's lives were diff'rent
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

[Instrumental Interlude]

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 thru' 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