Leader of the Band
Dan Fogelberg • Key:
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Leader of the Band
Dan Fogelberg
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An only c
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hild al
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one and wild, a
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cabinet maker's
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son
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His hands were meant for d
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ifferent work and his
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heart was known to
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none.
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He left his
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home and
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went his lone an
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d solitar
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y way
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he gave to me a g
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ift I k
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now I
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never can repa
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y
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A quiet
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man o
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f music,
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denied a simpler
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fate
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He tried to be a sol
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dier once but his
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music wouldn't w
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ait
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He earn
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ed his
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love through discipline, a
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thund'ring velvet
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hand
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entle means of s
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culpting souls took me y
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ears to
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understa
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nd
Chorus
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The leader of the b
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and is tired and his
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eyes are growing
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old
But his
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blood runs through my
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instrument and his
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song is in my
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soul
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My life has been a
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poor attempt to
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imitate the m
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an
I'm
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just a living l
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egacy to the
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lea--der
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of-- the
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band
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My brothers'
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lives were
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different for they
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heard another
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call
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One went to Chic
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ago, the o
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ther to St.
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Paul
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And I'm in
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Color
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ado when I'
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m not in some h
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otel
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Living out this
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life I chose and
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come to k
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now so w
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ell
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I thank you
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for the
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music and your
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stories of the
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road
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I thank you for the fr
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eedom when it c
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ame my time to
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go
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I thank you
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for the
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kindness and the
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times when you got
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tough
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And papa I don't
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think I said "I l
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ove you"
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near eno
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ugh.
chorus
I
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am the living l
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egacy to the
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leader
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of
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the b
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and
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