For The Sake Of The Song-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:For The Sake Of The Song] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.71]For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt [00:02.79] [00:18.81]Why does she sing her sad songs for me [00:23.73]I'm not the one [00:24.94] [00:27.87]Tenderly bring her soft sympathy [00:32.70]I've just begun [00:34.18] [00:37.24]To see my way clear [00:39.11]And it's plain [00:40.19]If I stop I will fall [00:43.62] [00:46.30]I can lay down a tear for her pain [00:49.92]Just a tear and that's all [00:53.12] [00:56.61]What does she want me to do [00:58.90] [01:00.64]She says that she knows [01:02.92]That moments are rare [01:04.95]I suppose that it's true [01:08.40] [01:10.43]Then on she goes [01:12.51]To say I don't care [01:14.22]Ah she knows [01:16.00] [01:16.91]That I do [01:17.73] [01:22.25]Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song [01:27.54] [01:31.52]Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong [01:37.32] [01:54.41]She'd like to think I was cruel [01:56.95] [01:58.27]But she knows that's a lie [02:00.32]For I would be [02:01.50] [02:04.36]No more than a tool [02:05.94] [02:07.41]If I allowed her to cry [02:09.73]All over me [02:10.62] [02:13.53]Oh my sorrow is real [02:15.85]Even though [02:16.63] [02:17.36]I can't change my plan [02:20.44] [02:22.72]She could see how I feel [02:25.50]Then I know [02:26.97]She'd understand [02:29.75] [02:32.04]Oh does she actually think I'm to blame [02:36.71] [02:37.37]Does she really believe [02:39.67]That some word of mine [02:41.57]Could relieve [02:43.96]All her pain [02:44.92] [02:46.49]Can't she see that she grieves [02:49.00]Just because she's been blindly deceived [02:53.56]By her shame [02:54.74] [02:57.81]Oh be maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song [03:03.96] [03:07.89]Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong [03:13.37] [03:30.71]Oh but nothin's what it seems [03:33.26] [03:34.38]Maybe she'll start someday to realize [03:37.89] [03:40.02]If she abandons her dreams [03:43.02] [03:43.54]Then all the words she can say are only lies [03:47.74] [03:49.83]Oh when we she see that to gain [03:52.72] [03:53.41]Is only to lose [03:56.45] [03:58.84]All that she offers me are her chains [04:02.51]And I got to refuse [04:06.20] [04:08.00]Oh but it's only to herself that she's lied [04:11.94] [04:13.20]She likes to pretend [04:15.61]There's something that she should defend [04:18.77] [04:20.02]With her pride [04:21.06] [04:23.02]And I don't intend [04:25.01]Stand her and be the friend [04:28.39]From whom she must hide [04:31.24] [04:34.63]Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song [04:39.93] [04:43.79]Who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong [04:49.54] [04:52.59]Oh but maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song