Legend In Your Own Time Lyrics by Carly Simon
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Well I have known you
Since you were a small boy
And your mama used to say
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 she had planned

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

And although 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 tell if 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 legends only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone
Well I have known you   Since you were a small boy   And your mama used to say   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 she had planned      But you're a legend in your own time   A hero in the footlights   Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme   But a legends only a lonely boy   When he goes home alone.      And although 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 tell if 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 legends only a lonely boy   When he goes home alone