Written and recorded by Kenny Rogers 1977
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I wouldn’t listen…and I couldn’t see,
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and all I have left now are words you said to me.
[Verse 1]
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Sing your song sweet music man,
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Cause I won't be there to hold your hand like I used to,
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I'm through with you,
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You’re a hell of a singer and a powerful man,
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but you surround yourself with people who demand so little of you.
[Verse 2]
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You touched my soul with your beautiful song,
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you even had me singing along right with you,
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you said I need you,
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then you changed the words and added harmony,
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and you sang the song you had written for me to someone new.
[Chorus 1]
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But nobody sings a love song quite like you do,
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and nobody else could make me sing along,
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and nobody else could make me feel,
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that things are right when I know they’re wrong,
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nobody sings a love song quite like you.
[Verse 3]
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Sing your song sweet music man,
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you travel the world with a six piece band that does for you,
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what you ask it to,
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and 'ya try to stay young but the songs you sung,
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to so many people have all begun to come back on you.
[Verse 4]
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So sing your song sad music man,
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you're making your living doing one night stands that prove to you,
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they don't need you,
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you're still a helluva singer but a broken man,
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but you’ll keep on looking for one last fan to sing to.
[Chorus 2]
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But nobody sings a love song quite like you do,
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and nobody else could make me sing along,
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and nobody else could make me feel,
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that things are right when they're wrong with a song,
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nobody sings a love song quite like you.
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So sing your song sweet music man
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I believe in you
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