A Different Kind Of Love Song - Dick Gaughan

You ask me why I sing no love songs

You say the songs that I sing make you angry and sad

You say that you listen to music

To escape from the things that make you feel bad

You say that all that I sing of is trouble

And that doesn’t entertain you

You say that I should be trying to make people happy

Well, strange as it seems, that’s just what I’m trying to do

I could close my eyes to the suffering

I could switch off my mind and sing pretty songs

I could close my ears to the crying

I could sing, take the money and run

But that wouldn’t help those in trouble

That wouldn’t help make their pain disappear

And the homeless, the workless, the hopeless and helpless

Wouldn’t be any happier, would still live in fear

So I’ll keep trying to make people happy

I’ll keep trying in the best way I know how

And for me to help make the most people happy

I must make you even more sad and angry now

So you see where you misunderstand me

If you listen again then you might even find

All the songs that I sing are love songs

But their love is a different kind