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

Why does she sing these sad songs for me 

I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy 

I've just begun to see my way clear, it's plain if I stop I will fall 

I can lay down a tear for her pain, a tear and that's all 

What does she want me to do? 

She says that she knows moments are rare 

I suppose that it's true and on she goes to say 

I don't care when she knows that I do 

Well, maybe she just has to sing 

For the sake of the song 

And who do I think that I am 

To decide that she's wrong 

She'd like to think I was cruel, she knows that's a lie 

For I would be no more than a tool if I allowed her to cry all over me 

Oh my sorrow is real even though I can't change my plans 

If she could see how I feel then I know she'd understand 

Does she actually think I'm to blame? 

Does she really believe that some word of mine 

Could relieve all her pain? 

Can't she see that she grieves just 

Because she's been blindly deceived by her shame? 

Well, maybe she just has to sing 

For the sake of the song 

And who do I think that I am 

To decide that she's wrong 

I know nothings what it seems maybe one day she'll start to realize 

That if she abandons her dreams 

Then all the words she can say are only lies 

When will she see that the gain is only to lose? 

All that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse 

But it's only to herself that she's lied 

She likes to pretend it's something 

That she should defend, with her pride 

And I don't intend to stand here 

And be the friend from whom she must hide 

Well, maybe she just has to sing 

For the sake of the song 

And who do I think that I am 

To decide that she's wrong 

Well, maybe she just has to sing 

For the sake of the song