Henry's Songbook

Chorus:
Sing for the song, boy
Just like you did when you stood on the corner
And you didn't feel the cold
Sing for the song, boy
Just like you did before the beer, the whisky
Got hold of your soul
Sing for the song

Sometimes you sing for the money
Sometimes you sing for the show
Sometimes you sing for those listening ladies
You can still make them cry, don't you know
Sometimes you sing for the glory
But the glory doesn't last very long
Through the haze of the stage
Can you look back to the days
When you used to sing for the song

No, you really don't make too much money
And you don't give much of a show
And those listening ladies next week will be listening
To somebody else, don't you know
When the music is becoming a burden
When the words come out twisted and wrong
Through the haze of the stage
Can you look back to the days
When you used to sing for the song

Repeat 1

(as sung by Iain MacKintosh)

[1986:] Sometimes my tours have been snowballing lately - up to eight weeks long. And the temptation when you get near the end of the tour, maybe the last ten days or so, is to switch on to automatic pilot, just say the same things each night and sing the same material. I found a nice little song to finish off the night and to keep my feet on the ground. (Iain MacKintosh, intro 'Standing Room Only')