You just don't know what lonesome really is until you've lived without the Lord You just don't know what lonesome really is. You cry yourself to sleep each night, no Savior there to show the light And you're lonely, lonely, lonely when you live without the Lord. You just can't start to visualize the plight Of what without-the-Lord would be To walk each day and night You just don't know what lonesome really is until you've lived without the Lord. You're lonely, lonely, lonely when you live without the Lord. You just don't know what lonesome really is until you've lived without the Lord. I was lonely, lonely, lonely when I lived without the Lord.