well there is a world of difference between reading the lyrics of a a song you have been singIng for 40 year[eg George Jones]and thinking you can do justice to a song that you may have discovered in a book the previous day.
The only people likely to do justice to the latter are highly skilled actors who are used to reading words and being able to interpret them, actors are used to reading scripts that perhaps they have only seen once or twice before, but that skill is beyond most floor singers.
Songs deserve to be treated with respect.
Al is right when he says that it is better that the songs are sung than not sung but.. what is better still is that the songs are sung well than badly, it is the difference between the highest common factor and the lowest common denominator.http://www.dickmiles.com