Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song I Do It for You, Jane, artist - Harry Chapin. Album song The Elektra Collection (1971-1978), in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 08.10.2015
Record label: Elektra, Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
I Do It for You, Jane |
I first heard you sing in the Empire Room |
Your husky hum engulfed the gloom |
And whatever mission that brought me there |
Disappeared in the mist of your amber hair |
You laughed and surrendered your gifts by degrees |
But I was convinced that you spoke only to me |
And my life turned on its hinge in that smoky club |
As I ground out my past with my cigarette stub |
Oh, I do it for you, Jane--I love you so |
My kingdom is new but it’s going to grow |
Our castles will shimmer with silver and gold |
My lady is lovely she’ll never grow old |
And I offer this promise--this one thing I know: |
I do it for you, Jane, for I love you so |
I left that town and went out on my own |
I made my own kind of music as I juggled the phones |
And all the while I worked I was reaching towards a time |
When I’d return to find you and finally make you mine |
It took most of two years to do what must be done |
Collect the pieces of the puzzle, you’re the final one |
I was shaking as I asked you and you know by now I guess |
You made me happy ever after when you said yes |
Yes, I do it for you, Jane--I love you so |
My kingdom is flourishing, and still it will grow |
Our castle it shimmers with silver and gold |
My lady is lovely you’ll never grow old |
And I shout from the heavens, hello there down below |
I do it for you, Jane, for I love you so |
If life could only stay the same but i guess it never does |
But God I still remember how excited I was |
Feelings of power I’d never known before |
But winning whets the appetite, I had to have more |
Homes in New York and London on the beach at Malibu |
I bought one for each facet of woman in you |
By then you had retired from singing to bring our baby home |
And I was winging around the country and you found you were alone |
Still, I do it for you, Jane--I love you so |
Our kingdom is flourishing and still it will grow |
Our castles all shimmer with silver and gold |
But my lady is lonely your smile is growing cold |
As I search through the mists on the roads I must go |
Where are you now, Jane? |
For I love you so |