[ti:Leader of The Band]
[ar:周華健]
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[00:25.27]An only child alone and will,
[00:28.08]a cabinet maker's son.
[00:32.27]His hands were meant for different work
[00:35.00]and his heart was known to none.
[00:39.50]He left his home and went his lone
[00:42.73]and solitary way.
[00:46.83]He gave me a gift tied on
[00:49.76]I never can repay.
[01:00.30]A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate.
[01:07.37]He tried to be a soldier once
[01:10.44]but his music couldn't wait.
[01:15.05]He earned his love through discipline
[01:18.19]a thundering velvet hand.
[01:21.64]His gentle means of sculpting souls
[01:25.05]took me years to understand.
[01:29.82]The leader of the band is tired 
[01:32.58]and his eyes are growing old.
[01:36.13]But his blood runs through my instrument
[01:39.74]and his song is in my soul.
[01:44.19]My life has been a poor attempt
[01:47.45]to imitate the man.
[01:51.05]I'm just a living legacy
[01:54.57]to the leader of the band.
[01:59.20]
[02:04.81]My brothers' lives were different
[02:07.51]for they heard another call. 
[02:11.68]One went to Chicago and the other to St.Paul. 
[02:19.12]And I'm in Colorado
[02:22.10]when I'm not in some hotel. 
[02:26.68]Living out this life I've chose
[02:30.08]and come to know so well. 
[02:35.96]
[03:00.26]I thank you for the music
[03:03.15]and your stories of them all. 
[03:07.65]I thank you for the freedom
[03:10.16]when it came my time to go. 
[03:14.73]I thank you for the kindness
[03:17.76]and the times when you got tough. 
[03:22.23]And papa, I don't think I said
[03:25.81]I love you near enough. 
[03:30.16]The leader of the band is tired
[03:32.83]and his eyes are growing old. 
[03:36.63]But his blood runs through my instrument
[03:39.85]and his song is in my soul. 
[03:44.35]My life has been a poor attempt
[03:47.32]to imitate the man. 
[03:51.30]I'm just a living legacy
[03:54.65]to the leader of the band.
[03:58.99]I'm just a living legacy
[04:01.78]to the leader of the band.