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