專輯：Songs Of Birds
歌曲：Leader Of The Band
作詞：
作曲：
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 chosen
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 time
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
