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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Floating Collective
Floating Collective
Performer
Brendan Mayer
Brendan Mayer
Lead Vocals
Mick Utley
Mick Utley
Keyboards
Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer
Guitar
Erin McAnally
Erin McAnally
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brendan Mayer
Brendan Mayer
Songwriter
Mick Utley
Mick Utley
Songwriter
Erin McAnally
Erin McAnally
Songwriter

Lyrics

Tale telling son of a gun
And a stranger to no one
Bringing us along for the ride
Captain of the skies
Marching ahead of the beat
But always light on his feet
In perpetual motion
Skipper of the ocean
It takes a wild man
Pied piper filling the stands
Burn it hot, throw it wide man 
To be the leader of the band
Oh, the leader of the band 
We’re spinning out of control 
Like a compass /without a pole 
What would the captain do
He’d sail off somewhere new
So we’re dancing on Duval 
Down in the Quarter, having a ball
We’re In Paris, playing pretend
Singing along at The End…of the world
It takes a wild man
Pied piper filling the stands
Burn it hot, throw it wide man 
To be the leader of the band
Oh, the leader of the band 
Oh no, you don’t need a sign 
Come on, join the second line
Hey there, you’re right on time
Come along, join he second line
Oh no, you don’t need a sign 
Come on, join the second line
Hey there, you’re right on time
Come along, join he second line
It takes a wild man
Pied piper filling the stands
Burn it hot, throw it wide man 
To be the leader of the band
It takes a good man
Pied piper filling the stands
Burn it hot, throw it wide man 
To be the leader of the band
He was the leader of the band
Written by: Brendan Mayer, Erin McAnally, Mick Utley

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