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by Roger Mcguinn





Roger McGuinn    Living Legend           written by Roger McGuinn

                             
Everybody called him a living legend
                                         
But just being a legend didn't make him a living
                                       
And every day on the job his mind went spinning
                                                  
Back to twenty years ago and all the shows he was giving
                         
He's a living legend he's got nowhere to go
                                                
What he'd give to be on the road and to do another show
                        
He's a living legend  oh how he loved that life
                                                    
Now he works in the factory and  he just drinks beer at night
                                        
Some of the younger stars grew up on his music
                                                
And they liked his style so much they decided to use it
                                                   
When he heard his songs on the radio he started to lose it
                                           
But when the big money came in he couldn't refuse it
                         
He's a living legend he's got nowhere to go
                                                 
What he'd give to be on the road and to do another show
                        
He's a living legend  oh how he loved that life
                                                    
Now he works in the factory and  he just drinks beer at night
                                                
One day he brought his old guitar to the factory picnic
                                  
And B.J. the country DJ  heard him play it
                                                    
And everybody was still amazed at how well he could still pick
                                                            
And they booked him in the Golden Eagle before you could say it
                         
He's a living legend he's got somewhere to go
                                               
He's so glad to be on the road and to do another show
                       
He's a living legend oh how he loves his life
                                            
And now he plays his music for the people every night
                                           
And now he plays his music for the people every night

           Unreleased song performed in the mid 80's