For the Sake of the Song
Oh, why does she sing her sad songs for me?
I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy
I've just begun to see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall
I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all
Oh, what does she want me to do?
She says that she knows that moments are rare
I suppose that it's true
Then on she goes to say I don't care
Oh, she knows that I do
Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
She'd like to think I was cruel
But she knows that's a lie for I would be
No more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me
Oh, my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans
If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand
Oh, does she actually think I'm to blame?
Does she really believe that some word of mine could relieve all her pain?
Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived by her shame?
Oh, maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
Oh, but nothin's what it seems
Maybe she'll start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
Then all the words she can say are only lies
Oh, why can't she see that to gain is only to lose?
All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse
Oh, but it's only to herself that she's lied
She likes to pretend there's something that she should defend with her pride
And I don't intend to stand here and be the friend from whom she must hide
Oh, maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy
I've just begun to see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall
I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all
Oh, what does she want me to do?
She says that she knows that moments are rare
I suppose that it's true
Then on she goes to say I don't care
Oh, she knows that I do
Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
She'd like to think I was cruel
But she knows that's a lie for I would be
No more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me
Oh, my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans
If she could see how I feel then I know that she'd understand
Oh, does she actually think I'm to blame?
Does she really believe that some word of mine could relieve all her pain?
Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived by her shame?
Oh, maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
Oh, but nothin's what it seems
Maybe she'll start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
Then all the words she can say are only lies
Oh, why can't she see that to gain is only to lose?
All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse
Oh, but it's only to herself that she's lied
She likes to pretend there's something that she should defend with her pride
And I don't intend to stand here and be the friend from whom she must hide
Oh, maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song
And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong
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Writer(s): Townes Van Zandt
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Other Album Tracks
- Why She's Acting This Way
- No Place to Fall
- Tower Song
- For the Sake of the Song
- Lungs
- Chauffeur's Blues
- Who Do You Love
- Only Him or Me
- Tecumseh Valley
- Kathleen
All Album Tracks: Live At the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas, Pt. 1 >
Altri album
- Calling Me Home (Live Austin 1995)
- Somebody Had To Write It
- Sky Blue
- All I Need
- The Best of Townes Van Zandt
- Down Home and Abroad
- The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Remastered Edition)
- The Nashville Sessions (Remastered Edition)
- Concert Radio: Townes Van Zandt (Live)
- Live At the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas, Pt. 1
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