
Date of issue: 15.09.1997
Record label: AppleSeed
Song language: English
A Different Kind Of Love Song |
You ask me why I sing no love songs |
You say the songs that I sing make you angry and sad |
You say that you listen to music |
To escape from the things that make you feel bad |
You say that all that I sing of is trouble |
And that doesn’t entertain you |
You say that I should be trying to make people happy |
Well, strange as it seems, that’s just what I’m trying to do |
I could close my eyes to the suffering |
I could switch off my mind and sing pretty songs |
I could close my ears to the crying |
I could sing, take the money and run |
But that wouldn’t help those in trouble |
That wouldn’t help make their pain disappear |
And the homeless, the workless, the hopeless and helpless |
Wouldn’t be any happier, would still live in fear |
So I’ll keep trying to make people happy |
I’ll keep trying in the best way I know how |
And for me to help make the most people happy |
I must make you even more sad and angry now |
So you see where you misunderstand me |
If you listen again then you might even find |
All the songs that I sing are love songs |
But their love is a different kind |
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