A música Leader of the Band é uma homenagem de Dan Fogelberg ao seu pai, Lawrence Fogelberg, um líder de banda e diretor de música. A letra reflete o profundo respeito e amor de Dan pelo seu pai e pelos ensinamentos que ele repassou. É uma expressão de gratidão e reconhecimento do impacto de seu pai em sua vida e carreira musical.
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Introdução:
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An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son
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His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none
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He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
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And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
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A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
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He tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
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He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
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His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
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The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
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But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
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My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
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I'm just a living legacy to the lea der of the band
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My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call
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One went to Chicago, the other to St Paul
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And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
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Living out this life I chose and come to know so well
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I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
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I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
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I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
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And papa I don't think I said "I love you" near enough
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The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
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But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
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My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
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I'm just a living legacy to the lea der of the band