Leader Of The Band letra

(This is one of my favourite songs in the whole world)
(And I dedicate this tonight to my dad)

An only child, alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son
His hands were meant for different work
But 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

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 thank you for your 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
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

Zac Brown Band - Letras

• A Different Kind Of Fine
• All The Best
• Already On Fire
• Any Day Now
• As She's Walking Away
• Beautiful Drug
• Beautiful Drug (remix) (feat. Avicii)
• Big Fat Bitch
• Bittersweet
• Butterfly (feat. Dolly Parton)
• Castaway
• Chicken Fried
• Closer To Heaven (feat. Gregory Porter)
• Cold Hearted
• Colder Weather
• Cover Me Up
• Day That I Die (feat. Amos Lee)
• Don't Let Your Heart
• Dress Blues
• Every Little Bit
• Finish What We Started
• Free
• Fun Having Fun
• GA Clay
• Give It Away
• God Given
• Goodbye In Her Eyes
• Heavy Is The Head (feat. Chris Cornell)
• Highway 20 Ride
• Homegrown
• I Play The Road
• I Wish You Would
• I'd Take Another One Of Those
• I'll Be Your Man (Song For A Daughter)
• Island Song
• It Goes On
• It's Not Ok
• Jolene
• Jump Right In
• Junkyard
• Keep Me In Mind
• Knee Deep feat. Jimmy Buffett
• Lance's Song
• Last But Not Least
• Leader Of The Band
• Leaving Love Behind
• Let It Go
• Let It Run (feat. Snoop Dogg)
• Love And Sunsets
• Loving You Easy
• Make This Day
• Martin
• Mary
• Me And The Boys In The Band
• My Old Man
• Natural Disaster
• Need This
• No Hurry
• Nothing
• Oh My Sweet Carolina
• Old Love Song
• OMW
• On This Train
• One Day
• Out In The Middle
• Overnight (feat. Trombone Shorty)
• Paradise Lost On Me
• Pirates & Parrots (feat. Mac McAnally)
• Quiet Your Mind
• Real Thing
• Remedy
• Roots
• Same Boat
• Settle Me Down
• Shoofly Pie
• Sic 'em On A Chicken
• Slow Burn
• Smoke Rise
• Someone I Used To Know
• Stubborn Pride (feat. Marcus King)
• Sweet Annie
• The Comeback
• The Devil Went Down To Georgia
• The Man Who Loves You The Most
• The Wind
• The Woods
• Tie Up
• Toes
• Tomorrow Never Comes
• Two Blue Chairs & You
• Uncaged
• Us Against The World
• Warrior
• What Ever It Is
• Where The Boat Leaves From
• Where The River Goes
• Whiskey's Gone
• Who Knows
• Wild Palomino
• Wildfire
• You And Islands
• Young And Wild
• Your Majesty