Humility... ...Dan Fogelberg ~ Ever On Web Site / Fan Forum

At Christmas time
We join the feast
And give our thanks
For the bounty

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

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

~ From "The Leader Of The Band"

Living in the shadows
Of the things that might have been
Torn between the blessing and the curse

You may stop the hunger
But you'll never slake the thirst
For the nectar you remember
But you'll never taste again

~ From "The Lion's Share"

And it's hey-ho, steady as you go
Sing for the love of the land
Hey-ho, blessed is the home
Born of the carpenter's hand

~ From "Song For A Carpenter"

Wealthy the spirit...
...That knows its own flight

Stealthy the hunter...
...who slays his own fright

Blessed the traveler...
...who journeys...
...the length of the light

~ From "Nexus"

Holy our journey
And holy our love

That takes us to find
And adore Him

And blessed the baby
That sleeps in his bed

And wakes on this
First Christmas morning

From "The First Christmas Morning"

When you sleep on the ground
With the stars in your face

You can feel the full length
Of the beauty and grace

In the wild places man
Is an unwelcome guest

But it's here that I'm found
And it's here I feel blessed

~ From "The Wild Places"

And once...

I believed that you and I were the two

That would defy the fickle gods

And win out against the odds

And go on forevermore...

~ From "Our Last Farewell"

She was lost and I thought I was found 
Even so I tried to bring her in 
She was young and I had just begun 
To learn that even losing men can win

~ From "The Long Way"

Growing wise with age
We come to see the printing
Through the pictures on the page
And something's always lost
The gain is always tempered by the cost

~ From "Gypsy Wind"

Well, I spend my life
Pursuing fortune and fame
Chasing rainbows in a shadow game
And I'm not sure what I've lost
Is worth the gain
Or why my soul remains so restless

~ From "Don't Lose Heart"

Oh lessons learned...
Are like bridges burned...

You only need to cross them but once

Is the knowledge gained...
Worth the price of the pain?

Are the spoils...
...worth the cost of the hunt?

~ From "Lessons Learned"

Every time it seems that
You have gained an understanding

Those devils at your heels reach up
And try to tip the scales

Waking from a dream it seems
It's all been done without you

And every vain attempt
To make you stay
Is destined to fail

~ From "Empty Cages"