Lessons Learned

This song is on Dan Fogelberg's album "Nether Lands" released May 1977-This was the 2nd album of his that I bought-I now have this CD
The album title is a play on Nederland, Colorado, the location of one of the studios used to record the album
I have shown you a picture of me wearing a "Nether Lands" hat and shirt
On Friday November 4,1977 I saw Dan Fogelberg on the "Nether Lands" tour at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona
This was one of many songs that Dan performed there
Dan Fogelberg – vocals, electric and acoustic pianos, ARP synthesizer, electric and acoustic guitars
Al Perkins – dobro, pedal steel guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums and congas
Produced by Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam
Photography by Andy Katz, Boulder, Colorado
Design by John Kosh
Interior painting by Dan Fogelberg

You with the past at your back and the future unsure 
Asked for the chance to try love once more 
Well aware of the consequences should the dream fall through 
You threw down your last defenses wanting to try something new 
Wanting to try something new 

You found me in a sea of confusion drifting with the tide 
Living on love that had long since died 
But every time that I touch you, baby I feel a little more alive 
And I'm reminded how much you've made me 
Believe in the love that survives 
You know, we must believe in the love that survives 

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? 
Are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt? 

Borne on the first warm winds of feeling newly found 
Fly but remember don't look down 
Take as much as you think you ought to 
Give just as much as you can 
Don't forget what your failures have taught you 
Or else you'll learn them all over again 
Or else you'll have to learn them all over again