Intro: And now the flame is out, but the light burns on No one ever said he was bigger than his songs So few ever knew the heart inside the man But he gave himself away, as only poets can He took the stories of his people and gave them back in rhyme But for the pleasures of the hearth there was never enough time He said one day he'd quit and then he would come home But there was always one more stage, always one more road Chorus: