For Sake of the Song Songtext
von Joe Ely

Why does she sing her sad songs for me?
I′m not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy
I've just begun to see my way clear
And it′s plain if I stop I will fall
I can lay down a tear for her pain
Just a tear and that's all
What does she want me to do?
She says that she knows that moments are rare
I suppose that it's true
Then on she goes to say I don′t care
And she knows that I do
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
But she knows that′s a lie
For I would be no more than a tool
If I allowed her to cry all over me
My sorrow is real
Even though I can't change my plans
If she could see how I feel


Then I know that she′d understand
Does she actually think I'm to blame?
Can she really believe 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 pain?
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?
Nothing′s what it seems
Maybe she′ll start someday to realize
If she abandons her dreams
Then all the words she can say are only lies
When will she see that to gain is only to lose?
All that she offers me are her chains
I've got to refuse
But it′s only to herself that she's lied
She likes to pretend there′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
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?
Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song