Like me without you

It simply came up on my iTunes rotation tonight. A song I've heard both live and recorded quite a few times. I always thought it such a bittersweet, beautiful song. It followed a song on the rotation that Mike and I were playing together. The combination of us playing together followed by the Dave Mallett song . . . it made me cry.

Like Me Without You (by Dave Mallett)

I took a wrong turn one time
In a town I did not know
Wound up in a place
Where even a weed would not grow
Empty faces staring at me
Hungry people everywhere
I turned that car around
And I just drove it out of there

Don't know how it all got started
Is it in the master plan
That there could be such broken hearted
People now I understand

Just like me without you
Just like me without you babe
Just like me without you

There was a fella in my town
Shyest man I ever knew
Spent his whole life all alone
Never needed much to do

Worked a dirty job for nothing
Ate his supper all alone
Spent his weekends watching TV
Right there in the family home

I don't know where the whole thing started
Why he wound up like he did
I know life can beat you up
I guess he just run and hid

Just like me without you
Just like me without you babe
Just like me without you

You hear about it all the time
From everybody you know
This world is in such sad repair
How can she take another blow

But we get up at mornin' light
And do our healin' in the dawn
Another day to make it right
Another road to walk upon

Don't know how it all got started
Is it in the grand design
That old mother nature is just
Dying slow and marking time

Just like me without you
Just like me without you babe
Just like me without you