For The Sake Of The Song-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:For The Sake Of The Song] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:At My Window] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt [00:05.05]Why does she sing these sad songs for me [00:09.21]I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy [00:17.95]I've just begun to see my way clear it's plain if I stop I will fall [00:26.14] [00:29.33]I can lay down a tear for her pain a tear and that's all [00:34.26] [00:37.95]What does she want me to do [00:40.12] [00:41.93]She says that she knows moments are rare [00:45.42]I suppose that it's true and on she goes to say [00:52.60]I don't care when she knows that I do [00:56.92] [01:00.10]Well maybe she just has to sing [01:03.09] [01:03.72]For the sake of the song [01:05.28] [01:09.21]And who do I think that I am [01:11.80]To decide that she's wrong [01:13.82] [01:28.94]She'd like to think I was cruel she knows that's a lie [01:34.05]For I would be no more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me [01:43.59] [01:45.90]Oh my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans [01:50.77] [01:53.90]If she could see how I feel then I know she'd understand [01:59.98] [02:02.24]Does she actually think I'm to blame [02:06.25] [02:07.00]Does she really believe that some word of mine [02:11.55] [02:12.55]Could relieve all her pain [02:13.94] [02:14.88]Can't she see that she grieves just [02:17.34]Because she's been blindly deceived by her shame [02:22.00] [02:25.26]Well maybe she just has to sing [02:28.40]For the sake of the song [02:30.89] [02:34.58]And who do I think that I am [02:37.27]To decide that she's wrong [02:39.08] [02:54.48]I know nothings what it seems maybe one day she'll start to realize [03:00.27] [03:02.77]That if she abandons her dreams [03:04.85] [03:05.66]Then all the words she can say are only lies [03:08.69] [03:11.38]When will she see that the gain is only to lose [03:16.53] [03:19.34]All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse [03:24.54] [03:27.35]But it's only to herself that she's lied [03:30.20] [03:32.13]She likes to pretend it's something [03:34.88]That she should defend with her pride [03:38.30] [03:40.49]And I don't intend to stand here [03:43.46]And be the friend from whom she must hide [03:47.14] [03:50.28]Well maybe she just has to sing [03:53.50]For the sake of the song [03:55.28] [03:59.20]And who do I think that I am [04:01.77]To decide that she's wrong [04:03.70] [04:06.90]Well maybe she just has to sing [04:10.04]For the sake of the song