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The Leader Has Been Banned
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Leader of the Band by Dan FogelbergStory
On the occasion of one year performing in GaFiA, I felt it was time to do the rite of passage.
Lyrics
Once again the mission's endedAnd this lesson we have learned
We are made of stardust, and to dust we shall return
My friends are clasped in wooden casks
A mournful pipe is heard
They look at peace yet powerful in their clothes of red veloure
They left their wishes; my ambition
Is to honor every word
A time of tears and mourning is not what they preferred
They lived their lives exuberantly; they made Bacchus proud
and I know just the place to go, but I am not allowed
The leader has been banned from Argo, and his shipmates, every one
They won't be going back again, 'cause they had a little fun
My life has been a poor attempt to paty like they do
I'm just a lowly redshirt on the Enterprise's crew
Don't have a Vulcan eulogy--he's such a pedagogue
We think that Scotty said, "Poor bairn", but could not tell through his brogue
Ol' Doc McCoy just said, "He's dead." Uhura wiped her eye
Money changed hands at the helm again, and the captain said, "Let's fly."
(chorus)
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