Dan Fogelberg

[fox69]

"The Higher You Climb"

"The Higher You Climb"


The higher you climb,
The more that you see.
The more that you see,
The less that you know.
The less that you know,
The more that you yearn.
The more that you yearn,
The higher you climb.

The farther you reach,
The more that you touch.
The more that you touch,
The fuller you feel.
The fuller you feel,
The less that you need.
The less that you need,
The farther you reach.

The higher you climb,
The more that you see.
The more that you see,
The less that you know.
The less that you know,
The more that you yearn.
The more that you yearn,
The higher you climb.

The higher you climb,
The more that you see.
The more that you see,
The less that you know.
The less that you know,
The more that you yearn.
The more that you yearn,
The higher you climb.

 

[fox69]

"The Innocent Age"

"The Innocent Age"


Capture the moment, carry the day
Stay with the chase as long as you may
Follow the dreamer, the fool and the sage
Back to the days of the innocent age
Storybook endings never appear
They're just someone's way of leading us here
Waiting for wisdom to open the cage
We forged in the fires of the innocent age

Back at the start it was easy to see
No one to own to, nowhere to be
Deep in the heartlands a sad memory calls to me (calls to me)
Fretful horizons, worrisome skies
Tearful misgivings burning your eyes
Yearnings unanswered, reckon the wage you pay
To recapture the innocent age

Fretful horizons, worrisome skies
Tearful misgivings burning your eyes
Yearnings unanswered, reckon the wage you
Pay to recapture the innocent age

 

[fox69]

"The Language Of Love"

"The Language Of Love"


She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love

I say leave
When I mean stay
But she don't see
And so she moves away
What we really want
You know we rarely say
Such is the language of love

It's tooth for tooth
And eye for eye
We hide our hearts
And then we won't say why
It's truth for truth
And lie for lie
Such is the language of love

One cries foul
And will not speak
The other claims a little victory
And all the time
You know we fail to see
This is the language of love

When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows

We hem and haw
We balk and bluff
Our words don't ever
Seem to say enough
But a simple smile
A tender touch
Speaks the true language of love

When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows

She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love
Such is the language of love

 

[fox69]

"The Last Nail"

"The Last Nail"


I saw you running
Ahead of the crowd
I chased but never thought
I'd catch you.
You said you loved me
But you had to be free
And I let you.
Why did I let you?

We walked together
Through the gardens and graves
I watched you grow
To be a woman.
Living on promises
That nobody gave
To no one.
They were given to no one.

I started listening
To the wind and the rain.
You strained your ears
But could hear nothing.
One night I thought
I heard them
Whisper my name.
And I went running.

I left a trail of footprints
Deep in the snow
I swore one day
I would retrace them.
But when I turned around
I found that the wind
Had erased them.
Now I'll never replace them.

Fly away, my sweet bird over the land
Take life for all the freedom you can
But if you ever should need a man
Well, the offer still stands.

I hear you've taken on a husband and child
and live somewhere in Pennsylvania
I never thought you'd ever sever the string
But I can't blame you none.
So let the ashes fall
And lay where they will
Just say that once
You used to know me.

One last time sing that old song
We used to know
But this time sing
A little more slowly.

Fly away, my sweet bird over the land
Take life for all the freedom you can
But if you ever should need a man
Well, the offer still stands.

 

[fox69]

"The Last To Know"

"The Last To Know"


Living in a house of cards
Praying the wind doesn't blow too hard
Giving in to differences
Straining to keep up appearances
Making believe the thread can be saved
You're aching to leave but deathly afraid of letting go
The threads entangled you so
Jealousies and legal fees
Running away like two refugees
Shadowed eyes and alibis
Tell you too late you've been victimized
Freedom is near but seems to elude you
Trying to change your dreams into what your needs allow
It should be easy by now
Why is love always the last to know
Falling back on better days
Trying your damndest to laugh
You've thrown those childish dreams away
It's over, you say, still you ask
Why is love always the last to know
Falling back on better days
Trying your damndest to laugh
You've thrown those childish dreams away
It's over, you say, still you ask
Why is love always the last to know
Why is love always the last to know

 

[fox69]

"The Lion's Share"

"The Lion's Share"


Grand slam
Your moment's at hand
The day holds a costly bargain
Lost lamb
Asking the lion's share
Homespun
A prodigal son
Comes begging a humble pardon
But no one
Rises to hear his prayer...

Lone star
You've wandered so far
And long in the unfamiliar
That now you
Travel a map unknown
Starbright
A constant delight
To those in the dark
And still your
Birthright's
To shine in the night - alone.

Living in the shadows
Of the things that might
have been
Torn between the blessing
and the curse
You may stop the hunger
But you'll never slake
the thirst
For the nectar you remember
But you'll never taste again...

Nonesuch
Your Midas' touch
Has gilded your heart
And left you
So much
Playing the prince
of clowns
Hell-bent
Empty and spent
Just look what your
gamble's got you
Exile
Far from the sacred grounds...

Living in the shadows
Of the things that might have been
Torn between the blessing and the curse
You may stop the hunger
But you'll never slake the thirst
For the nectar you remember
But you'll never taste again.

Grand slam
Your moment's at hand
The day holds a costly bargain
Lost lamb
Asking the lion's share.

 

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"The Long Way"

"The Long Way"


She was lost
And I thought I was found
Even so I tried
To bring her in...

She was young
And I had just begun
To learn that even
Losing men can win.

We went the long way
We went the long way
We went the long way...
Or maybe just the wrong way
I'll never know.

Overnight
We were shown the light
Neither of us knew
To look away...
So we burned
And far too late we learned
That lifetimes can't be lived out
In a day.

We went the long way
We went the long way
We went the long way...
Or maybe just the wrong way
I'll never know.

So, goodbye
At least me made the try
Something can be said for
love that's pure.
If and when
We ever try again
One thing will be known to us
For sure...

We'll go the long way
We'll go the long way
We'll go the long way...
Or maybe just the wrong way
I'll never know.

 

[fox69]

"The Loving Cup"

"The Loving Cup"


So many try to capture love
And so many never do
So many hearts are lost
With never a clue.

So many nights are passed in sorrow
So many days go by
So many lovers lose
And never know why.

Still the lovers in the backseats claw
And still the wives wait up
Everybody's trying desperately
to fill their loving cup.

All through the night
We thrust and parry
Letting our best sides show
Then in the morning light
We lie and let go.

Everyone searching for somebody
Someone to kiss and tell
More often than not
Our heavens turn into hell.

Still the lovers in the backseats claw
And still the wives wait up
Everybody's trying desperately
to fill their loving cup.

So many try to capture love
And so many never do
So many hearts are lost
With never a clue.

Everyone searching for somebody
Someone to kiss and tell
More often than not
Our heavens turn into hell.

Still the lovers in the backseats claw
And still the wives wait up
Everybody's trying desperately
to fill their loving cup.

 

[fox69]

"The Minstrel"

"The Minstrel"


There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife
And she waits for me every morning by the sea
Where the fishing hawk wheels and the sun warms the seals
There she lays at her silent anchorage for me

She is fine, she is fleet, she will run, reach or beat
With a song in her rigging and her sails
And when day is done we will lay two as one
And sleep 'neath the rolling rhythm of the stars

And we sail away off to Jericho Bay
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace
When the seas rise up angry and high
She's a friend of mine ~ The Minstrel

There are loons off to port and the porpoises sport
In her wake as she breaks the rolling main
And with the wind in her sails, we will run with the whales
As they swim through their dark, diminishing domain

And we sail away off to Jericho Bay
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the song that she sings me, it brings me such peace
When the seas rise up angry and high
She's a friend of mine ~ The Minstrel

 

[fox69]

"The Nature Of The Game"

"The Nature Of The Game"


Fools run
Where an angel fears to follow
We’ve come to a place no fool would go
Sparks fly
And the truth rings harsh and hollow
It’s the same old song
We’ve sung so long
It’s the only dance we know

Hard times
When the threads of love unravel
The arms stretch
But the hands don’t ever meet
True love is a rocky road to travel
You better get out of the kitchen
If you cannot stand the heat

Bad blood - hostile words get spoke in anger
Caught up in a game where no one wins
Our heads tend to disregard the dangers
While our hearts hang in the balance
And the wheel of fortune spins

Why must every heart I trust desert me
Why must it always end the same
Fate deals the last one down and dirty
It’s the hands you keep
That make you weep
But that’s The Nature of the Game

Cold eyes stare at you across the table
The stakes rise
With each moment you delay
Hang tough
If you still believe you’re able
Or else play your hand
The best you can
And get yourself away

Why does every heart
I trust desert me
Why must it always end the same
Fate deals the last one down and dirty
It’s the hands you fold
That make you old
That’s The Nature of the Game

It’s the hands you fold
That make you old
But that’s The Nature of the Game

It’s the hands you fold
That make you old
That’s The Nature of the Game