Leader of the Band/Washington Post March歌词

[00:20.42] An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son.
[00:27.62] His hands were meant for different work
[00:30.21] And his heart was known to none
[00:34.33] He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
[00:41.17] And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
[00:54.65] A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate
[01:00.89] He tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't wait
[01:08.50] He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand
[01:14.64] His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
[01:23.19] The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
[01:36.41] My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
[01:43.76] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
[01:43.82] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
[01:56.95] My brother's lives were different for they heard another call
[02:02.73] One went to Chicago and the other to St Paul
[02:11.15] And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
[02:18.09] Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well
[02:45.92] I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
[02:54.04] I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
[03:00.93] I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
[03:07.59] And papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough
[03:15.29] The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
[03:21.27] But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
[03:28.61] My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
[03:35.76] I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
[03:43.07] I am a living legacy to the leader of the band
[03:53.45] (The End)