The grass keeps right on growin'    the sun goes right on shinin'    there are apples on the apple tree    ain't life a funny thing, flowers bloom an' birds still sing an'    everything's the same except for me . . .       Everything's the same except for me . . .    because, you're gone . . .    I tell myself you're really gone    How can it be, but there it is,    I'm alone once again . . .       An' life goes on    without your smile I knew so well    the secrets that we used to tell    yesterday way back when?       And . . . the grass keeps right on growin'    the sun goes right on shinin'    the skies are blue the way they used to be    ain't life a funny thing, kids play tag an' church bells ring an'    everything's the same except for me . . .       Everything's the same except for me . . .    'cause, you're not there . . .    I look for you but you're not there    I hear your voice , it's just a trick    that my mind wants to play . . .    How can this world keep turnin' like it used to do?    There's no more world, there's no more you,    no more words left to say . . .       And . . . the grass keeps right on growin'    the sun goes right on shinin'    there are apples on the apple tree    ain't life a funny thing, flowers bloom an' birds that sing an'    everything the same except for me . . .       . . . everything's the same except for me . . .       Words and Music by Gloria Shayne