[Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg

[lfalen]

Dan Fogelberg was very good. I have been playing his songs.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:27:50 -0800
To: "'Carl Westberg'" carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg

> "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw
> 
>  
> 
> An only child
> Alone and wild
> A cabinet makers 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 wouldnt 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
> Im 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 Im in colorado
> When Im not in some hotel
> Living out this life Ive 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 dont 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
> Im just a living legacy
> To the leader of the band
> I am the living legacy
> To the leader of the band.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:09 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg
> 
>  
> 
> Just heard of the passing of singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg at the age of
> 56.  "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" are two of the most
> haunting, beautiful songs of the last few decades.  RIP.   Carl Westberg Jr.
> 
>   _____  
> 
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