Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music.
Song lyrics
[edit]- 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...
Your conscience awakes and you see your mistakes
And you wish someone would buy your confession
The days miss their mark and the night gets so dark- Part of the Plan
- 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 the feast...
And it looks like you're gonna
Have to see me again...
Cause I've got a woman
Who waits for me there
And I need a breath of that Sweet country air- Illinois
- Changing horses in the middle of a stream
Gets you wet and sometimes cold- Changing Horses
- I can see you in the distance
And you're heading for a fall
Sinking deeper by the minute
You're about to lose it all...
You better change
Before the sun goes down
You better leave
Before you are the last in town
You better raise
Your fortresses or tear them down...
Tear them down!- Better Change
- As the Raven Flies Lyrics
I see the raven's made
Her nest in your eyes
She's got you thinking that
Her love is a prize
And you'll go under from
The weight of her lies- As the raven flies
- Now the wind is still
In a moment it will be raging
Now my soul is young
In a moment it will be aging
And high above the pines
I wrote several lines
And left them in a bottle
For you to find- Song from Half Mountain
- Someone's been telling you stories
Someone's been telling you stories
And they just ain't true
No, they just ain't true
They just ain't true
Someone's been telling you stories]].- Song from Half Mountain
- There's a place in the world
For a gambler
There's a burden that only he can bear...
And he sees. Oh, yes he sees...
There's a light in the depths
Of your darkness
There's a calm at the eye
Of every storm
There's a light in the depths
Of your [[blindness|darkness}}
Let it shine
Oh, let it shine- There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler
- Gonna pull in the shutters on this heart of mine
Roll up the carpets and pull in the blinds
And retreat to the chambers that I left behind
In hopes there still may be love left to find
Still may be love left to find.- Heart Hotels.
- 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.
- Along the road your steps may stumble
Your thoughts may start to stray
But through it all a heart held humble
Levels and lights your way.
The Innocent Age (1981)
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
- 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.- The Leader of the Band.
- We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now.
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
- The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
And 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 into rain.- Same Old Lang Syne.
Windows and Walls (1984)
[edit]- She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can't guess.
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love...- The Language of Love.
- Too many hearts have been broken
Failing to trust what they feel.
But trust isn't something that's spoken
And love's never wrong when it's real.
- Looking back now toward the start
You said you thought I'd lost my path
And I asked if you still considered love an art
And you said "No, I think it's more a craft"
And I just turned and laughed
I just had to turn and laugh.
Full Circle (2003)
[edit]- Venturing further than the length of your sight
Out past the reach of your beginnings
There is a gamble in each proud act of flight
But the losses pale before the winnings
Circling and diving with this freedom you’ve found
Illusion blows apart and scatters
There is no darkness in this place that we're bound
Love is the only thing that matters
- Icarus Ascending.
