I Sing
I played in the city of angels
Oh I played on the sunset Boulevard
I played in garages with stoned out surfers
who look good with their t-shirts off
I played in a rock metal fest with a 60 year old
hell's angel, I played in Christian Coffeeshops
I played on the streets of Santa Monica, Francisco,
Oh I played
On the roof of a castle in Laurel Canyon
I played at the house of Blues
I played in Kansas for a cattle-farmer's daughter
I played all alone, in my room.
I played for a drug dealin' 18 year old
on the rocks of Ponce Inlet in my favorite skirt
he told me he just might have to keep me around a while
But I said
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me
I sing a bit for money I sing a lot for free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me
I played in the city of angels oh
I played on the sunset Boulevard
all the happy saxophones, guitars, a mandolin sweetly plays along
to look for a purpose
to find what you're lookin' for
for the night for the sky for the spring for the summertime
I play cuz I can cuz I knew I'd never make it
as a lawyer, doctor, or a nun
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me
I sing a bit for money I sing a lot for free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me
I play naked in my bathroom
oh i played for a couple gettin' married in a church
I played drunk, on my birthday downstairs at my old place
for one unfamiliar face
I played on the banks of the dead sea, for jewish folk
singing as they toke,
and nobody's listening but you play just to play
you play just to say
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me
I sing a bit for money I sing a lot for free
I sing because somewhere something is watching over me