And the times when you got tough
My life has been a poor attempt
My life has been a poor attempt
And the other to St. Paul
Oh, I'm just a living legacy
I thank you for the music
"I love you" near enough
And he gave to me a gift I know
The leader of the band is tired
I never can repay
His hands were meant for different work
And come to know so well
One went to Chicago
And his heart was known to none
To the leader of the band
He earned his love through discipline
A thundering, velvet hand
To imitate the man
He left his home and went his lone
I thank you for the freedom
I am a living legacy
When it came my time to go
But his blood runs through my instrument
To imitate the man
And your stories of the road
And his song is in my soul
When I'm not in some hotel
I thank you for your kindness
My brothers' lives were different
And his eyes are growin' old
Took me years to understand
The leader of the band is tired
For they heard another call
And his eyes are growin' old
Living out this life I've chose
He tried to be a soldier once
And I'm in Colorado
Denied a simpler fate
Oh, I'm just a living legacy
But his music wouldn't wait
And Papa, I don't think I said
And solitary way
But his blood runs through my instrument
A quiet man of music
His gentle means of sculpting souls
And his song is in my soul
To the leader of the band
