Legend In Your Own Time

This song, "Legend In Your Own Time", is the 2nd cut from Carly Simon's second album, titled "Anticipation" which was released in 1971.

A classic song from a beautiful voice and a lovely lady.

Well I have known you
Since you were a small boy
And your mama used to say
Well, my boy is gonna grow up and be
Some kind of leader some day.

Then you'd turn on the radio
And sing with the singer in the band
And your mama would say to you
This isn't exactly what we had planned.

But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme
But a legend's only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone.

And though I know you
Still have the heart of that small boy
Well, you lend it out far too much
And no one woman loving you
Can ever feel that she's been really touched.

Then you turn on the radio
And sing with the singer in the band
And think kind of sadly to yourself
This isn't exactly what you had planned.

But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme
But a legend's only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone.

Well a legend's only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone.

Please visit http://www.carlysimon.com to check out her music and see what she's been up to. A truly phenomenal talent still, and she always will be.

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[JJDuling2010]

This and "No Secrets"...two of her very best.

[SH000FLY]

@JJDuling2010 Hundreds of songs, such a prolific artist, each one unique.

[crazydang101]

love it