Sing For The Song Lyrics - Bobby Bare

Sometimes you sing for the money sometimes you sing for the show 

Sometimes you sing for the dewy eyed darlings 

Still makes them cry don't you know 

Sometimes you sing for the glory but glory don't last very long 

And through the haze of the stage can you look back to days 

When you used to sing for the song 

Sing for the song boy just like you did when you stood on that corner 

And didn't even feel the glow 

Sing for the song boy just like you did before all of the flash bulbs 

And cocaine and bright things and ladies got hold of your soul 

But you really don't make too much money and you donn't give much of a show 

And them dewy eyed darling next week will be crying 

For somebody else don't you know 

But the music's become your burden and the words all sound twisted and wrong 

And the hits that you sell don't taste quite as well 

As when you used to sing for the song 

Sing for the song boy... 

Sing for the song boy... 

Sing for the song