a song for you þarký sözü

words and music by leon russell

(peak billboard position # 82 in 1971)

i´ve been so many places in my life and time
i´ve sung a lot of songs, i´ve made some bad rhyme
i´ve acted out my love in stages
with ten thousand people watching
but we´re alone now and i´m singin´ this song for you

i know your image of me is what i hope to be
i´ve treated you unkindly but baby can´t you see (baby can´t you see now)
there´s no one more important to me (baby)
baby can´t you please see through me
´cause we´re alone now and i´m singin´ this song for you

you taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholdin´ nothin´
you came out in front and i was hiding
but now i´m so much better and if my words don´t come together
listen to the melody (listen to the melody) cause my love´s in there hiding

i love you in a place where there´s no space or time
i love you for my life, you are a friend of mine (you are a friend of mine)
and when my life is over, remember when we were together
we were alone and i was singin´ this song for you
we were alone and i was singin´ this song for you
we were alone and i was singin´ this song, singin´ this song for you
transcribed by ronald e. hontz