The Legend And The Man

They all reach to touch him

As he walks out on the stage

They came to see the legend

And to hear the legend sing

While the men sit there applauding

Ladies love him with their eyes

And he looks just like a legend should

Up there in all those lights

But they don't know, after the show

How fast the legend fades

How he reaches for the bottle

When guitars are put away

And the photograph of the love he had

Fills his trembling hand

There's a lonely world of difference

Between the legend and the man

He's won all the shiny statues

All the records pressed in gold

But he lost what really matters

What he really wanted most

And tonight in some big city

Lord, he'll drive the crowd insane

They'll feel the pleasure of his songs

But they won't feel his pain

'Cause they don't know after the show

How fast the legend fades

How he reaches for the bottle

When guitars are put away

And the photograph of the love he had

Fills his trembling hand

There's a lonely world of difference

Between the legend and the man

There's a lonely world of difference

Between the legend and the man