While you weren't here
I cried every night
A million tears fell
Still my heart wasn't right





While you weren't here


I did what I could
Hoping against hope
My decisions were good




While you weren't here

I gained some in age
Things just went on
And life turned a page



While you weren't here

I just tried to go on
Knowing what didn't kill me
Would only make me strong




While you weren't here

A whole lot got changed
My life became different
My world rearranged



while you weren't here

I had to learn to be alone
To stand on my two feet
To make my own home




So that's where I am now

At this stage of my life
Still scared and alone
Still coping with strife




And oh how I wish that

Things could be different
That I could go back
To a time in the past



To a time before

You weren't here...