246. Since You Left My Side

During days gone by
       I would look at your love
              And it's beauty would make me cry.
Now such wonder is gone;
       The nights lonely -- empty arms,
              Asking star after star why...
Happy tears have all gone away,
       Tears of sorrow
       (oh, these tears of pain)
              Are all I see day after day.
My eyes have not shed
       Even one joyous tear
              Since you went away.
I've learned how it is
       To lose every smile,
              And watch each sky blue turn to grey.
So tear after tear will fall
       As dreary days pass on and on,
              Dreading each sunset...Dreading each dawn.....