AN ONLY CHILD
ALONE AND WILD
A CABINETMAKER'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 GROWIN' 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 CHOSE
AND GROWN
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
GROWIN' 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