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

[ti:For The Sake Of The Song - Original] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Townes Van Zandt] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]For The Sake Of The Song - Original - Townes Van Zandt [00:14.29]Why does she sing these sad songs for me [00:19.65]I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy [00:29.51]I've just begun to see my way clear it's plain if I stop I will fall [00:42.21]I can lay down a tear for her pain a tear and that's all [00:51.77]What does she want me to do [00:56.66]She says that she knows moments are rare [01:01.20]I suppose that it's true and on she goes to say [01:09.01]I don't care when she knows that I do [01:18.01]Well maybe she just has to sing [01:21.07]For the sake of the song [01:26.98]And who do I think that I am [01:30.36]To decide that she's wrong [01:39.92] [01:44.81]She'd like to think I was cruel she knows that's a lie [01:50.87]For I would be no more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me [02:03.10]Oh my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans [02:12.51]If she could see how I feel then I know she'd understand [02:21.20]Does she actually think I'm to blame [02:26.50]Does she really believe that some word of mine [02:30.79]Could relieve all her pain [02:35.37]Can't she see that she grieves just [02:38.18]Because she's been blindly deceived by her shame [02:47.04]Well maybe she just has to sing [02:50.73]For the sake of the song [02:56.54]And who do I think that I am [02:59.78]To decide that she's wrong [03:13.09] [03:14.64]I know nothings what it seems maybe one day she'll start to realize [03:20.60] [03:23.40]That if she abandons her dreams [03:26.85]Then all the words she can say are only lies [03:31.40]When will she see that the gain is only to lose [03:41.56]All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse [03:50.66]But it's only to herself that she's lied [03:55.60]She likes to pretend it's something [03:58.99]That she should defend with her pride [04:04.91]And I don't intend to stand here [04:08.07]And be the friend from whom she must hide [04:16.05]Well maybe she just has to sing [04:19.48]For the sake of the song [04:24.98]And who do I think that I am [04:28.35]To decide that she's wrong