Not for Me

(Dolly Parton)



Birds sing for everyone but me, for me it rains

And I can't hear the music for the pain

I see such happiness for some, but not for me.



With love, I always try so hard to get it right

I find it gone just when I think I might

Regretfully I see it last for some, but not for me.



Out of reach of all the things I want to have and hold

I've come to just accept that's how it goes

I've come so close

Not for me, it's not for me to question, I suppose

But I keep wonderin' what the future holds

Why must it be

That life's so sweet for some, but not for me, not for me.



--- Instrumental ---



Birds sing for everyone but me, for me it rains

And I can't see the sunshine for the pain

But I see such happiness for some, but not for me.



For me it rains, there's only pain, it's not for me...