Luyện nghe bài hát To The Artist

Jerry Jeff

song is a letter sung to a special friend of mine
One who stopped his somewhere back along the line
I wondered if had enough of the rip-offs and the jive
Or did he his song one night and lose the will to write

It never was a business deal, this thing your guitar
It always seemed more a dance done deep your heart
Tonight I wonder if it's true, like we it at the start
That an artist truly does it best when he does it from the

It seems to be much more an art when the art you sell is you
Be careful how you play the game or else the plays you

In the old days we'd stay up nights and laugh we cried
You said songs don't belong to us we bring some thoughts to light

The rule of thumb is never give the truth to rhyme
And a man can't lie he tries to sing it betrays him every time
We write to understand more about ourselves
And if we're maybe then we touch someone else

Well, I just got from Europe friend where they hung on every word
It made me feel a little better about my line of work
They me if I knew you wrote a lot these days
I told 'em all I know is that you rarely ever

We start out singing what we and just give it all away
And wind up hating we play and sit begging to be paid
So let me say in closing friend, I you to know
I understand how hard it was to let your go

An artist must decide parts to leave in and take out
And if he no plays the game that's what the game's about