Without Thee - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
WITHOUT THEE. Copyright, 1891, by Willis Woodward & Co. Words and Music by Joe Hart. 
Though you said 'twas best to part, still it nearly broke my heart; I have tried and I have failed, for my love prevailed; All your goodness and love so pure made my task more than I could endure; Do not bid me go again, but with thee, love, remain. 
Chorus. Like a bird that soars up in the sky without a resting-place, Like a stranger who has lost his guide and his footsteps can't retrace; Like a flower without sunshine, like a rudderless ship on the sea, Like a wand'rer alone, without a home, that's what I am without thee. 
How I missed your presence near, and your voice I longed to hear; My life seemed a blank to me, severed, love, from thee. If my heart could but speak 'twould say, never more from me, my love, stray; Be my love, my life, my guide, forever by my side.-Chorus.