For The Sake Of The Song - Live-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:For The Sake Of The Song - Liv] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Live At The Old Quarter, Houst] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]For The Sake Of The Song - Live - Townes Van Zandt [00:23.40]Why does she sing these sad songs for me [00:27.47]I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy [00:36.44]I've just begun to see my way clear it's plain if I stop I will fall [00:46.05] [00:49.55]I can lay down a tear for her pain a tear and that's all [00:54.49] [00:58.86]What does she want me to do [01:00.99] [01:02.99]She says that she knows moments are rare [01:06.69]I suppose that it's true and on she goes to say [01:14.38]I don't care when she knows that I do [01:18.00] [01:22.88]Well maybe she just has to sing [01:24.61] [01:25.93]Sake For the of the song [01:27.61] [01:31.86]And who do I think that I am [01:34.42]To decide that she's wrong [01:36.24] [01:53.61]She'd like to think I was cruel she knows that's a lie [01:58.79]For I would be no more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me [02:08.48] [02:11.17]Oh my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans [02:16.73] [02:19.73]If she could see how I feel then I know she'd understand [02:24.79] [02:28.17]Does she actually think I'm to blame [02:31.29] [02:33.29]Does she really believe that some word of mine [02:36.92]Could relieve all her pain [02:40.17] [02:41.80]Can't she see that she grieves just [02:44.43]Because she's been blindly deceived by her shame [02:49.06] [02:52.44]Well maybe she just has to sing [02:55.50] [02:56.13]For the sake of the song [02:57.94] [03:02.07]And who do I think that I am [03:04.63]To decide that she's wrong [03:06.38] [03:10.63]I know nothings what it seems maybe one day she'll start to realize [03:16.63] [03:19.00]That if she abandons her dreams [03:21.19] [03:22.13]Then all the words she can say are only lies [03:25.07] [03:28.01]When will she see that the gain is only to lose [03:33.82] [03:36.41]All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse [03:42.09] [03:44.85]But it's only to herself that she's lied [03:47.97] [03:49.72]She likes to pretend it's something [03:52.85]That she should defend with her pride [03:56.79] [03:58.72]And I don't intend to stand here [04:01.73]And be the friend from whom she must hide [04:05.66] [04:08.91]Well maybe she just has to sing [04:12.10] [04:12.91]For the sake of the song [04:14.54] [04:18.54]And who do I think that I am [04:21.03]To decide that she's wrong [04:23.22] [04:27.10]Well maybe she just has to sing [04:30.05]For the sake of the song