Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the band "with lyrics" video free download


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Duration: 04:19
Uploaded: 2008/07/22

Lyrics :

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

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

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, pap, 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 the living legacy

To the leader of the band.

Comments

8 years ago

Don King

How beautiful is this!! Not many songs make me cry but this is oh so special. See, words do mean a lot!! Thanks Dan for for a very special song

8 years ago

Justin Mullarkey

Wonderful Songs and Lyrics,,,,Classic,

8 years ago

Korbua Bua

Dan Fogelberg : Leader Of The Band

8 years ago

rocini denoso

am in love with this song...

8 years ago

Mizar Alfad

my dad died yesterday, and this song was his favorite song to sing during our families karaoke session, said it reminds him of his father... well so do i papang.... i miss you so much.

8 years ago

bubbah671

My brother told me to listen to this. It's awesome.

8 years ago

Kristin Crumpler

My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the band.. I'm just a living legacy of the leader of the band.

8 years ago

林憶如

川憶聲美魔-早安我友清晨昏暗跟著音樂節奏顯得輕靈心

8 years ago

Kristina Austine

Throw back ...i love this song.

8 years ago

Lauren Sefcik

I really like this song. love the artwork!

8 years ago

Tony Subasic

This sucks

8 years ago

merrill nisam md

Beautiful words and music. Love those good old days of song, where the words really mattered. They still live on. Guess many of us wish we could be half as good as our dads.

8 years ago

Liam Lally

Think about your own Dad and listen to this song - beautiful....An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work And his heart was known to noneHe left his home and went his lone and solitary wayAnd he gave to me a gift I know I never can repayA quiet man of music denied a simpler fateHe tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't waitHe earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet handHis gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understandThe leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing oldBut his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soulMy life has been a poor attempt to imitate the manI'm just a living legacy to the leader of the bandMy brother's lives were different for they heard another callOne went to Chicago and the other to St PaulAnd I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotelLiving out this life I've chose and come to know so wellI thank you for the music and your stories of the roadI thank you for the freedom when it came my time to goI thank you for the kindness and the times when you got toughAnd papa, I don't think I said I love you near enoughThe leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing oldBut his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soulMy life has been a poor attempt to imitate the manI'm just a living legacy to the leader of the bandI am a living legacy to the leader of the band Songwriters: Fogelberg, DanLeader Of The Band lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

8 years ago

Pat Beatty

Great song. I cry whenever I hear this. I also think of my Dad when I hear this. He was an engineer, but the sentiments are the same. He introduced me to great music when I was growing up.

8 years ago

Susan White

I wanted to hear the song written & sang for the Kentucky Derby, Run for the Roses. I did not realize until I started listening to his other song's how much Dan Fogelberg is missed...he became the Leader of the Band!!

8 years ago

Michael Beckley

Every time i hear this i think of my father, a true leader of the band, the band being the eleven of us kids he and mom raised. Even though he wasnt there all the time, he was there when we needed him, and now he has been gone to heaven with mom , almost three years I didnt get to say goodbye, or tell him that i loved him before he left us, papa i dont think i said I LOVE YOU enough

9 years ago

Justin Harrell

I like this song lol

9 years ago

linxMuppet

Top 5 most beautiful songs ever written...so effing awesome

9 years ago

Darién Elena

Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the band Está canción está en mi alma, como muchas otras…. ; )

9 years ago

shielrow abastillas

I lvoe the meaning of this song

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