I have said it before, but I will say it again; For me, music is the soul of life. It helps a reserved person like myself release emotions that sometimes I push down. Without music...well... I just don't think I could survive.

I had always been moved by this song, but when Patrick had the stroke, it echoed through my brain. When I knew I needed to cry-but the tears wouldn't come- all I had to do was listen to this song and the tears fell like rain. It was bittersweet relief.

I put a link to website at the bottom if you want to hear a sample of this song (#4). The music and her passion delivering the lyrics take the song to a whole new level. While I love all of her music, and anything you choose of hers to listen to is usually great, I recommend "Bottle of Jesus" (#3) if you want to listen to another. It totally jams and she give a Janice Joplin-like performance.

World Without You

By: BETH HART

From the CD: LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

Days 'n nights n' nights n' days,

In silent shades of lazy grays

I call your name, It's all the same

Sitting staring at the ceiling,

Dripping painted pictures peeling

From my walls, The time just crawls

Was it yesterday? I don't know

Was I dreaming? Or did I lose everything I believed in?

If you could only see what I see

Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky

Imagine the ocean run dry

Imagine and you'll see the view

Of my world without you

Imagine no sun and no rain

Imagine that each day's the same

It doesn't matter what I do

In a world without you

Doers doing, Thinkers thinking,

Lonely lover's lips are sinking

In my tea, They're burning me

Wasted weeping, Someone speaking

In my head the bed is leaking tears again

And there's no end

Was it yesterday? I don't know

Was I dreaming? Or did I lose everything I believed in?

If you could only see what I see

Imagine a world with no sky,

Imagine the ocean run dry

http://www.bethhart.com/discography.html

Kristen