For Sake of the Song

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 a pain

Just a tear and that's all

Ah what does she want me to do

She says that she knows

That moments are rare, I suppose that it's true

And then on she goes

To say I don't care

And she knows that I do

But 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?

Ah, but 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

But 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

Or when will she see that to gain is only to lose

All that she offers me are her chains, I've got to refuse

Oh, 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

Ah, but 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