Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake Of The Song** Lyrics
Oh, why does she sing her sad songs for me,I'm not the oneTenderly bring her soft sympathyI've just begunTo see my way clearAnd it's plain,If I stop I will fallI can lay down a tear for her painJust a tear and that's allOh , what does she want me to do?She says that she knowsThat moments are rareI suppose that it's trueThen on she goesTo say I don't care,Ah, she knowsThat I doMaybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the songAnd who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrongShe'd like to think I was cruel,But she knows that's a lieFor I would beNo more than a toolIf I allowed her to cryAll over me.Oh my sorrow is realEven thoughI can't change my planIf she could see how I feelThen I knowThat she'd understandOh does she actually think I'm to blame?Does she really believeThat some word of mineCould relieveAll her pain?Can't she see that she grievesJust because she's been blindly deceivedBy her shame?Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the songAnd who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrongOh but nothin's what it seems,Maybe she'll start someday to realizeIf she abandons her dreams,Then all the words she can say are only liesWhy can't she see that to gainIs only to lose?All that she offers me are her chainsAnd I got to refuseOh but it's only to herself that she's liedShe likes to pretendThere's something that she should defend,With her prideAnd I don't intendTo stand her and be the friendFrom whom she must hideMaybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the songAnd who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
