Dan Fogelberg

[fox69]

"Leader Of The Band"

"Leader Of The Band"


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 thund'ring, 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 Saint Paul
And I'm in Colorado, when I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chosen, 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, 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 the living legacy to the leader of the band.

 

[fox69]

"Lessons Learned"

"Lessons Learned"


You
With the past at your back
And the future unsure
Asked
For the chance to try
Love once more.

Well aware of the consequences
Should the dream fall through
You threw down you last defenses
Wanting to try something new
Wanting to try something new.

You found me
In a sea of confusion
Drifting with the tide
Living
On love that had long since died.

But everytime that I touch you, baby
I feel a little more alive
And I'm reminded how much you've
made me
Believe in the love that survives
Believe in the love that survives.

Lessons learned are like
Bridges burned
You only need to cross them but once
Is the knowledge gained
Worth the price of the pain?
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?

Borne
On the first warms winds of
Feelings newly found
Fly
But remember
Don't look down
Take as much as you think you ought to
Give just as much as you can
Don't forget what your failures have taught you
Or else you'll learn them all over again
Or else you'll have to learn them
All over again.

Lessons learned are like
Bridges burned
You only need to cross them but once
Is the knowledge gained
Worth the price of the pain?
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?

 

[fox69]

"Let Her Go"

"Let Her Go"


A bad situation
Right from the start
She played me for a fool
And she broke my heart
An infatuation
A hard loss to take
But we all must make our
own mistakes.

Let her go
I knew I had to let her go
You know it wasn't easy
It was painfully slow
But I swear I finally
let her go.

All of these feelings
Were so long ago
I haven't felt a thing
since I let her go
But you don't believe it
You still have your doubts
And while you do the
tension mounts.

Let her go
You know you got to let her go
You know it's never easy
It's painfully slow
But you know you got to
Let her go.

I will not deny it
I tried to hold on
But human hearts can only
stay broke so long
I told you the truth
How much more can I do
Now, my love, it's up to you.

Let her go
You know you got to let her go
You know it's never easy
It's painfully slow
But you know you got to
Let her go.

Let her go
You know you got to let her go
You know it's never easy
It's got to be slow
But you know you go to
Let her go.

 

[fox69]

"Lonely In Love"

"Lonely In Love"


Some say that love is its own
Love is its own reward
But I can't help but believe
There's got to be more

A man needs a woman
To have and to hold
To love him in body
As well as in soul
I need your desire
Where did the fire go

I keep trying to sleep
But sleep won't be mine tonight
There's so much sorrow inside
And, baby, I don't know why

I give you your freedom
I give you my love
I give all I have
Every time that we touch
I don't know, baby
Maybe I give too much

Now I'm lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
I'm so lonely in love
Baby why must I be lonely
Why must I be lonely in love

I know that love carries no
She carries no guarantees
But still I can't seem to find
A reason that I can believe in

You said to be patient
And give you some room
You said you had changes
You need to work through
But the longer I wait
The farther I feel from you

Now I'm lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
I'm so lonely in love
Baby, why must I be lonely
Why must I be lonely in love

I'm so lonely in love
Why must I be lonely in love
(With you, darling)
I'm so lonely in love
Baby, you're my one and only
Why do you keep me lonely in love

Woo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo...

 

[fox69]

"Long Way Home (Live In The Country)"

"Long Way Home (Live In The Country)"


Running in the wrong direction
Isn't it a long way home,
People with the wrong intentions
Isn't it a long way home.

City, you are dying real slow
Country, you are calling me to go.
Smokestacks, I don't need you no more
I'm gonna fly...

To where the sky meets the land
And the living is not planned
And the children can laugh just
Cause they're living.

I'll send for you
If you ever want me to
But you'll have to find
A whole new way of giving.

Running from the noise and poison
Isn't it a long way home.
Wounded by a law man's toy gun
Isn't it a long way home.

City, no more shadows to be seen.
Country, all the sunshine you can dream.
Smokestacks spew your sour-smelling steam
I'm gonna fly.

To where the sky meets the land
And the living is not planned
And the children can laugh
Just cause they're living.
I'll send for you
If you ever want me to
But you'll have to find
A whole new way of giving.

 

[fox69]

"Longer"

"Longer"


Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you

Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you

I'll bring fire in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings

Through the years, as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
I am in love with you

 

[fox69]

"Looking For A Lady"

"Looking For A Lady"


Looking for a lady
I'm looking for a lady
To change my night to day

Looking for a lady
I'm looking for a lady
To chase my blues away.

Well, I have a few in mind
But none in particular
I have had them before
But nothing that was for sure.

And I'm in no position to barter
And I'm in no condition to play the martyr
And I'm sadder certainly
But I'm smarter
And I find myself.

Looking for a lady
I'm looking for a lady
To share my empty bed
Looking for a lady
I'm looking for a lady
To soothe my aching head.

Well, I have a few in mind
But none in particular
I have had them before
But nothing that was for sure.

And my feelings have grown
rigid like a wooden post.
And my love is like a curtain
that has been drawn closed
And my life just isn't going
The way I thought it was supposed to
And I'm crying and I find myself.

Looking for a lady
I'm looking for a lady
To change my night to day.

 

[fox69]

"Loose Ends"

"Loose Ends"


Climbing a mountain
In darkness
Stranded alone on the ledge.
Every attempt that I make to hold on
Pushes me nearer the edge.

Sensing the changes impending
My thoughts are diffused by despair
I feel like I'm swimming straight up
Underwater
Desperately racing for air
I'm racing for air.

And the chords struck at birth
Grow more distant
Yet, we strike them again and again.
And we plead and we pray
For a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings
And descends
Exposing the loose ends.

Surrounding myself with possessions
I surely have more than I need
I don't know if this is justice,
hard earned,
Or simply a matter of greed
A matter of greed.

And the chords struck at birth
Grow more distant
Yet, we strike them again and again.
And we plead and we pray
For a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings
And descends...
Exposing the loose ends.

And the chords struck at birth
Grow more distant
Yet, we strike them again and again.
And we plead and we pray
For a glimmer of day
As the night folds its wings
And descends...
Exposing the loose ends.

 

[fox69]

"Lost In The Sun"

"Lost In The Sun"


Every night I ask myself
That same old question: why?
And every day the answer
Seems more distant
I always knew the final
Truths lay just beneath the lies
But I never thought they'd
Be this hard to find...
I never thought they'd
Be this hard to find...

Every time I try to put
This puzzle into place
There always seems to be
A piece that's missing
And through the eyes of someone else
I look into my face
And can't believe the sorrow
There I see
I can't believe this lonely man
Is me...

The faster we run
The further away the dreams
That we chase become
And lost in the sun
Spinning and turning
Blind in the burning
Light of day -
We have to turn away.

Every night I ask myself
That same old question: why?
And every day the answer
Seems more distant
I always knew the final
Truths lay just beneath the lies
But I never thought they'd
Be this hard to find...
I never thought they'd
Be this hard to find...

The faster we run
The further away the dreams
That we chase become
And lost in the sun
Spinning and turning
Blind in the burning
Light of day -
We have to turn away.

 

[fox69]

"Love Gone By"

"Love Gone By"


Try your best to see through the confusion
Seems the more you see
The less you try
You don't know what's real and what's illusion
If you don't know by now then how should I?

(I've been thinking 'bout the)
Love gone by
Honey, has the well run dry?
It's enough to make you cry
Thinking 'bout the love gone by.

Give me back my heart
And call it even
Ain't no use in figuring who's to blame
Once I thought this love was made in heaven
Now I think it's just a crying shame.

(And I've been thinking 'bout the)
Love gone by
Honey, has the well run dry?
It's enough to make you cry
Thinking 'bout the love gone by.

Winners never know the worth of losing
'Til the prize has slipped right through their hands
Love will take a heart of its own choosing
And break it if you try to understand.

(We're left with nothing but the)
Love gone by
Honey, has the well run dry?
It's enough to make you cry
Thinking 'bout the love gone by.