I'M DOING THIS FOR YOUR SAKE
(Dolly Parton)


Dolly Parton - 1969



Someone else's arms will hold you my darlin' baby girl
I'll never get to see the child I brought into this world
Because I made one mistake folks say that I'm bad
But they just don't understand the way I loved your dad

Now I thought your daddy loved me, I was so sure he did
And so I gave him all my love and he said we would wed
But I guess he must have changed his mind 'cause he left town one day
When he found out about you he just upped and ran away

In this home so far away from home I leave my heart today
'Cause home is where the heart is and with you my heart will stay
Because I love you so much, why, I can't make you pay
So I'm doing this for your sake, I'm giving you away



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2018)