Seldom seen a scarecrow's dream
I hang in the hopes of replacement
Castles tall, I built them all
But I dream that I'm trapped in the basement
And if you ever hear me calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe
I can be found
Plans I've made a masquerade
Fading in fear of the coming day
Heroes' tales like nightingales
Wrestle the wind as they run away
And if you ever hear them calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe
I can be found
Garden gate an empty plate
Waiting for someone to come and fill
Scarecrow's dreams like frozen streams
Thirst for the thaw but they're running still
And if you ever hear them calling out
And if you've been by paupers crowned
Between the worlds of men and make-believe
I can be found
~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~
Same Auld Lang Syne
07:49
Met my old lover
in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totaled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged
We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how
She said she'd married her an architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would have liked to say she loved the man
But she didn't like to lie
I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw doubt or gratitude
She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly but the traveling was hell
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence, another auld lang syne
The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
Running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away
Just for a moment I was back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home
The snow turned in to rain
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
The Leader Of The Band
04:28
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 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 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 brother's 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 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 a living legacy to the leader of the band
~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~
These Days
06:10
I used to think
of myself as a soldier
Holding his own against impossible odds
Badly outnumbered and caught
In a crossfire of devils and gods
All I ever wanted to be was free
All I ever looked for was what was within my eyes to see
Oh but these days are just like you and me
Oh but these days are just like you and me
You used to be something I could believe in
How could you let me forsake myself so
You used to think of your life
As a riddle with no answer known
All you ever wanted to be was free
All you ever looked for was what was within your sights to see
Oh but these days are just like you and me
Oh but these days are just like you and me
We used to live like there was no tomorrow
Tasting our trials a day at a time
Crying for justice and laughing at sorrow
Such innocent crimes
All we ever wanted to be was free
All we ever looked for was what was within our sights to see
Oh but these days are just like you and me
Oh but these days are just like you and me
Just like you and me
You know they're just like you and me
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
Sketches / False Faces
08:20
Late in the
summer when the cottonwood dies
The fields are on fire with green bottle flies
And I'm still seeing reflections of me in your eyes
And why did you leave me last summer
Now the seasons are changing from summer to fall
And I've still got that picture hung on my wall
And there's so much forgotten and too much recalled
And why did you leave me at all
Standing beside you midwinter day
Hearts beating close together
Wishing that we'd found some way to make
That moment last forever
Standing silent, laughing, breathing steam
Gazing down into a freezing stream
I saw the face of a child
I saw the face of a child
~~~~~~~~~~~
Oil on canvas
Couplets and stanzas to divine who you are
Pencil portrayals and jealous betrayals
Get you further afar
Oh false faces and meaningless chases
I travel alone
Oh first places and calendar races
I need a home
Hostile hotel walls, footfalls and phone calls
And you're on the line
Gentle coercions and bitter desertions
When the truth is a lie
Oh false faces and meaningless chases
I travel alone
Oh first places and calendar races
I need a home
Lover twice yearly
That last battle nearly cost me the fight
Broke through the ice and got cut down to size
And escaped through the night
Oh false faces and meaningless chases
I travel alone
Oh first places and calendar races
I need a home
~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~
Wysteria
04:03
Wysteria, did
you change your face again
Those of us who loved you when can't even find you
Wysteria, did
you lose another man
Did you make him understand that he can't touch you
Wysteria, did he
take you to the fair
Were the folks that you met there the same that we met
Wysteria, did he
teach you how to dance
Did he bring you paper fans to hide your secret
Was he just like
all the rest when he got to the sad part
Did he stay a bit too long to save his heart
Wysteria, are
your lips still lily white
Do they still bloom just at night and die at sunrise
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
Sutter's Mill
06:33
In the Spring of
Forty-seven
So the story it is told
Old John Sutter went to the mill site,
Found a piece of shining gold
Well he took it
to the city
Where the word like wildfire spread
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he’d
Left that stone in the river bed
For they came like
herds of locusts,
Every woman, child and man
In their lumbering Conestogas
They left their tracks upon the land
Some would fail and
some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter’s Mill
Well they came from
New York City
And they came from Alabam’
With their dreams of finding fortunes
In this wild unsettled land
Well some fell prey
to hostile arrows
As they tried to cross the plains
And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
With their hands froze to the reins
Some
would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter’s Mill
Well, some
pushed on to California
And others stopped to take their rest
And by the Spring of eighteen-sixty
They had opened up the west
And then the railroad came behind them
And the land was plowed and tamed
When Old John Sutter went to meet his maker,
Not one penny to his name
Oh Some
would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter’s Mill
Some
men’s thirsts are never filled
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
The Wheezetones
Cover
Part Of The Plan
04:19
I have these moments all steady and strong
I'm feeling so holy and humble
The next thing I know I'm all worried and weak
And I feel myself starting to crumble
The meanings get lost and the teachings get tossed
And you don't know what you're going to do next
You wait for the sun but it never quite comes
Some kind of message comes through to you
Some kind of message comes through
And it says to you:
Love when you can, cry when you have to
Be who you must that's a part of the plan
Await your arrival with simple survival
And one day we'll all understand
One day we'll all understand
One day we'll all understand
I had a woman who gave me her soul
But I wasn't ready to take it
Her heart was so fragile and heavy to hold
And I was afraid I might break it
Your conscience awakes and you see your mistakes
And you wish someone would buy your confessions
The days miss their mark and the night gets so dark
And some kind of message comes through to you
Some kind of message shoots through
And it says to you:
Love when you can, cry when you have to
Be who you must that's a part of the plan
Await your arrival with simple survival
And one day we'll all understand
One day we'll all understand
One day we'll all understand
There is no Eden or Heavenly gates
That you're gonna make it to one day
But all of the answers you seek can be found
In the dreams that you dream on the way
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
Colin Rudd
Covers
The Reach
03:25
It's Maine, and it's Autumn, the birches have just begun turning
It's life and it's dying The lobstermen's boats come returning
With the catch of the day in their holds
And the young boy is cold and complaining
The fog meets the beaches and out on The Reach it is raining
It's father and son, it's the way it's been done since the old days
It's hauling by hand ten miles out from the land where their chow waits
And the days are all lonely and long
And the seas grow so stormy and strong but
The Reach will sing welcome as homeward they hurry along
And the morning will blow away as the waves crash and fall
And The Reach like a siren sings as she beckons and calls
As the coastline recedes from view and the seas swell and roll
I will take from The Reach all that she has to teach to the depths of my soul
The wind brings a chill, there's a frost on the sill in the morning
It creeps through the door On the edge of the shore ice is forming
Soon the northers will bluster and blow
And the woods will be whitened with snowfall
And the Reach will lie frozen for the lost and un-chosen to row
And the morning will blow away as the waves crash and fall
And the Reach like a siren sings as she beckons and calls
As the coastline recedes from view and the seas swell and roll
I will take from the Reach all that she has to teach to the depths of my soul
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
Run for the Roses
Tribute To
Barbaro
4/29/03 - 1/29/07
04:10
Born
in the valley and raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky on wobbly knees
With mama beside you to help you along
You'll soon be a-growing up strong
All
the long, lazy mornings in pastures of green
The sun on your withers, the wind in your mane
Could never prepare you for what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red
And
it's run for the roses as fast as you can
Your fate is delivered, your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined in the dance
It's high time you joined in the dance
From
sire to sire, it's born in the blood
The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training and it's something unknown
That drives you and carries you home
And
it's run for the roses as fast as you can
Your fate is delivered, your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined in the dance
It's high time you joined in the dance
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show
Clip One By Eric Folkerth
Intimidation
Love Gone By
Illinois
Same Old Lang Syne
Heart Hotels
Narrative Written By Eric
Folkerth
This clip shows you the
tightness of the band first off --as they do "Intimidation"-- and the
skill of Cornell on woodwinds. The string/brass section sounds
especially good here. The band continues to sound fine on "Love Gone
By," as do the background vocals. Paul Escamilla steps up to do the
lead vocals, and Rusty and I provide some nice harmony, on "Illinois."
I test the upper range of my vocal range on "Same Old Lang Syne" and
Phil West nails the sax solo at the end. One of my oldest friends,
Frank Rahm, was our keyboard player, and he does a fine job throughout
but especially shines here. Listen also for really fine bass-work of
Paul Simonsen...he was really quite fine throughout the show. The clip
finishes with the great song "Heart Hotels," with John Fleming on the
lead vocals. Notice how great the percussion is with Kevin Holland,
and what a great drummer Michael Sheehan is.
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show
Clip Two By Eric Folkerth
Only the Heart May Know
Old Tennessee
The Power of Gold
Rhythm of the Rain
Narrative Written By Eric
Folkerth
The whole King
Family Joins in on "Only the Heart My Know." A song I personally
wanted in the show, was "Old Tennessee," and Rusty helps out nicely
with the harmonies. The whole band rocks out to "Power of Gold," and
Fred Wratislaw's sax is featured on "Rhythm of the Rain."
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show
Clip Three By Eric Folkerth
Country Claire
Forever Jung
Netherlands
Longer
Hard to Say
The Last Nail
Narrative Written By Eric
Folkerth
The start of the
second act. Again, the incredible tightness of the band can be heard
on "Country Claire" and "Forever Jung," with Cornell K leading the way
on woodwinds. I'm quite impressed by the way Netherlands turned out.
Kudos to Rusty for some really great arranging. Rusty takes to the
lead on "Longer" with Barbara Clark's trumpet, Lori Joswiak's french
horn, and the strings of the Zimring's sound just like the record.
John does the lead vocals on "Hard to Say." Then, comes "The Last
Nail," a song I have personally dreamed of performing with a band for
perhaps 25 years...it was very, very cool.
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show
Clip Four By Eric Folkerth
To the Morning
Stars
Run for the Roses
Leader of the Band
Narrative Written By Eric
Folkerth
Rusty and I
really wanted to do these next two back to back, as a tribute to
Fogelberg's first great CD. I do "To the Morning," which I wrote about
in an blog entry some months back as being one of my alltime favorite
songs....what a kick to play it. Then, Rusty takes over for "Stars,"
and I provide the backing vox. Ann Willett does a great lead vocal on
"Run for the Roses," and the harmonies are great too. Note Barry's
great slide guitar on this one too. Rusty finishes with "Leader of the
Band." What you see in the midst of this video are shots of our band
members and their Dads....
Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show
Clip Five By Eric Folkerth
Missing You
The Reach
There's a Place in the World for a Gambler
Narrative Written By Eric
Folkerth
Cornell again
provides some great woodwinds on "Missing You," and the band again
ROCKS. "The Reach" was perhaps a favorite of the entire band....maybe
because almost everyone gets to play...the horn/string section...Barry
on the banjo...even Ann with the Ship's Bell! And it sound great.
And, finally, we end the show with "Gambler" and are pleased to know
that the whole crowd knows each and every word. I kept trying to feed
them the lines, and they laughed, because they were already singing!!
I've included credits for the entire band at the very end.
Ghosts
08:24
Sometimes in the night I feel it
Near as my next breath and yet untouchable
Silently the past comes stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden sweet
Along the walls
in shadowed rafters
Moving like a thought through haunted atmospheres
Muted cries and echoed laughter
Banished dreams that never sank in sleep
Lost in love and
found in reason
Questions that the mind can find no answers for
Ghostly eyes conspire treason
As they gather just outside the door
And every ghost
that calls upon us
Brings another measure in the mystery
Death is there to keep us honest
And constantly remind us we are free
Down the ancient
corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days that we've left behind
Down the ancient
corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of dreams that we left behind
Sometimes in the
night I feel it
Near as my next breath and yet untouchable
Silently the past comes stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden sweet
And every ghost
that calls upon us
Brings another measure in the mystery
Death is there to keep us honest
And constantly remind us we are free
Down the ancient
corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days that we've left behind
Down the ancient
corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of dreams that we left behind
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
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 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 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 brother's 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 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 a living legacy to the leader of the band
~~~ Dan Fogelberg ~~~
Dancing Shoes
03:27
Dancing shoes on the wall above your bedside
Saw it all as we performed our pirouette
Fleshes fused as the flicker of the candles
Threw upon the wall a single silhouette
Tu es dans ma coeur et dans ma tete
Dancing shoes we have loved on distant beaches
Where the winter never reaches there we fell
Dying swan on the dawn you danced before me
Though your eyes were dark and stormy I stood still
Qui peut dire le faux et le reel
Dancing shoes though the distances divide us
There's a paradise inside us we can't lose
Me and you dance a 'pas de deux' forever
And I pray you never shed your dancing shoes
Born
in the valley and raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky on wobbly knees
With mama beside you to help you along
You'll soon be a-growing up strong
All
the long, lazy mornings in pastures of green
The sun on your withers, the wind in your mane
Could never prepare you for what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red
And
it's run for the roses as fast as you can
Your fate is delivered, your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined in the dance
It's high time you joined in the dance
From
sire to sire, it's born in the blood
The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training and it's something unknown
That drives you and carries you home
And
it's run for the roses as fast as you can
Your fate is delivered, your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined in the dance
It's high time you joined in the dance
~~~ Dan
Fogelberg ~~~
張學友 再度重遇你 LIVE in
1990
Jacky Cheung
singing "Seeing You Again" live in 1990.