 Genius Lyrics
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Dan Fogelberg – Same Old Lang Syne
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Fogelberg wrote this song based on an incident in 1975 when he bumped into an old girlfriend from high school, Jill Anderson Greulich, at a convenience store in Peoria, Illinois on
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Dan Fogelberg – Leader of the Band
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Leader of the Band peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for 2 weeks in February of 1982.
The song is dedicated to Dan’s late
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Dan Fogelberg – Phoenix
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I have cried too / I have cried too long / I have cried too / I have cried too long / No more sorrow / Got to carry on / Found deep water / Before I'd even learned to swim / Found
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Dan Fogelberg – Longer
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Dan Fogelberg wrote “Longer” while on vacation in Maui. It remains his biggest hit, peaking at #2 on the US Hot 100. It also topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for a week
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Dan Fogelberg – Souvenirs
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[Verse 1] / Here is a poem that my lady sent down / Some morning while I was away / Wrote on the back of a leaf that she found / Somewhere around Monterey / [Verse 2] / And here is
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Dan Fogelberg – Illinois
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[Verse 1] / Dusty day dawning three hours late / Open the curtains and let the rest wait / My mind goes running three thousand miles east / I may miss the harvest but I won't miss
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Dan Fogelberg – The Minstrel
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There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife / And she waits for me every morning by the sea / Where the fishing hawk wheels and the sun warms the seals / There she lays at
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Dan Fogelberg – Part of the Plan
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places
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I was walking alone through the lofty San Juans / With a heart full of light and a head full of songs / I was thinking of time and how much it will cost / To recapture the souls
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Dan Fogelberg – Aspen/These Days
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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
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Dan Fogelberg – Democracy
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There's a rumor that the president's dead / He had a tumor growing deep in his head / But it hasn't had the slightest effect on how he's doing his job / And there's these lessons
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Dan Fogelberg – Hard to Say
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[Verse 1] / Lucky at love, well maybe so / There's still a lot of things you'll never know / Like why each time the sky begins to snow, you cry / [Verse 2] / You're faithful to her
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Dan Fogelberg – Don't Lose Heart
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This life is heartless and it's rarely just / Full of sad betrayals and misplaced trust / And it can suck your spirit just as dry as dust / And steel your soul if you let it / Ooh
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Dan Fogelberg – A Voice for Peace
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You know that everybody has a voice / And how they use it is their own free choice / In your glory I will not rejoice / If you choose the ways of war / If you choose the ways of
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Dan Fogelberg – Believe In Me
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If I could ever say it right / And reach your hostage heart / Despite the doubts you harbor / Then you might / Come to believe in me / The life I lead is not the kind / That gives
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Dan Fogelberg – Heart Hotels
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Well, there's too many windows / In this old hotel / And rooms filled with reckless pride / And the walls have grown sturdy / And the halls have worn well / But there is nobody
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Dan Fogelberg – All There Is
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In the eyes of the world your touch is like gold / Your reputation's so cool and cruel and controlled / You count your money in your prison tower / Made of concrete, glass, and
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Dan Fogelberg – Love In Time
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The world is filled with restless lovers / Ever waiting for another chance to try / To find what's passed them by / The night is broken with the crying / Of the lost who wonder why
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Dan Fogelberg – The Spirit Trail
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The light is long the sun is low / I'm riding fast across this dusty road / But I don't want to be, no I don't want to be / Above the ridge an eagle flies / In lazy circles in the
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Dan Fogelberg – Forefathers
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They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun / And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young / They'd heard that in America every man was free / To live the
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Dan Fogelberg – Dancing Shoes
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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
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Dan Fogelberg – Make Love Stay
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Now that we love / Now that the lonely nights are over / How do we make love stay? / Now that we know / The fire can burn bright or merely smolder / How do we keep it from dying
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Dan Fogelberg – Run for the Roses
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[Verse 1] / 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-growin' up strong / [Verse
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Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
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High on this mountain / The clouds down below / I'm feeling so strong and alive / From this rocky perch / I'll continue to search / For the wind / And the snow / And the sky / I
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Dan Fogelberg – Lonely In Love
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Some say that love is its own / Love is its own reward / But I can't help but believe / There's got to be more / A man needs a woman / To have and to hold / To love him in body
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Dan Fogelberg – A Love Like This
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And now the lonely days are done / And with each rising of the sun, love begins anew / And if you ever ask me why / I know that my love will never die I'll say these words to you
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Dan Fogelberg – Windows and Walls
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Up every morning / Long before day / Cooking her breakfast alone / She quietly dresses / And pulls up the shades / And sits in the chair by / The phone / But nobody ever comes / By
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Dan Fogelberg – Days To Come
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Tell me true do you still believe the prophets / That you found among the clouds of youthful skies / Broken dreams line your face like stormy weather / But you can't stay dry
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Dan Fogelberg – River of Souls
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I take my place along the shore / And I wait for the tide / It seems I've passed this way before / In an earlier time / I hear a voice like mystery / Blowing warm through the night
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Dan Fogelberg – Stars
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Stood out in the rain / Let it soak me down / Before I called you...I called you / Didn't see me there / Hidden by the rain / Beneath your window...But I saw you / Putting on your
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Dan Fogelberg – Nexus
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[Verse 1] / Across the vein of night there cuts a path of searing light / Burning like a beacon on the edges of our sight / At the point of total darkness and the lights divine
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Dan Fogelberg – Holy Road
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Last night I dreamed I was looking down / On the planet Earth spinning 'round and 'round / And as I cast my gaze about / I watched her lovely light go out / The light went out
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Dan Fogelberg – Icarus Ascending
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Soaring alone upon a threatening wind / Just fix your eyes on the horizon / Cut off from everything / You've known or have been / I shouldn't think it's so surprisin' / Spiralling
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Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – The Power of Gold
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[Verse 1] / The story is told of the power of gold / And its lure on the unsuspecting / It glitters and shines, it badgers and blinds / And constantly needs protecting / [Chorus
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Dan Fogelberg – Sketches
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Late in the summer / When the cottonwood dies / The fields are on fire / With green bottleflies / And I'm still seeing reflections / Of me in your eyes / And why did you leave
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Dan Fogelberg – The Lion's Share
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[Verse 1] / Grand slam / Your moment's at hand / The day holds a costly bargain / Lost lamb asking the lion's share / [Verse 2] / Homespun / A prodigal son / Comes begging a humble
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Dan Fogelberg – This Heart
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[Chorus:] / This heart - this heart / Has been beaten down and battered / This heart - this heart / Has been torn apart and scattered / But what's left of this heart of mine / I
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Dan Fogelberg – Promises Made
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Promises made / Promises broken / Measures of our demise / Secrets of souls that / Rarely get spoken / Pleasure's a thin disguise / Dozens of ways / Dozens of reasons / Shielding
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Dan Fogelberg – Old Tennessee
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End of October / The sleepy brown woods seem to / Nod down their heads to the Winter / Yellows and grays / Paint the sad skies today / And I wonder when / You're coming home / Woke
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Dan Fogelberg – Once In Love
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Once in love you'll always be a lover / Once is all it takes / You will give your heart up to another / Even if it breaks / You can say this fever's sure to leave you / It's bound
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Dan Fogelberg – Birds
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(Neil Young) / Lover, there will be another one / Who'll hover over you beneath the sun / Tomorrow see the things that never come / Today / When you see me fly away without you
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Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg – Lahaina Luna
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Instrumental
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