Album: Last Man Standing (2018)

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• When you lose the one you love
  You think your world has ended
  You think your world will be a waste of life
  Without them in it
  
  You feel there's no way to go on
  Life is just a sad, sad song
  But love is bigger than us all
  The end is not the end at all
  
  It's not somethin' you get over
  But it's somethin' you get through
  It's not ours to be taken
  It's just a thing we get to do
  Life goes on and on
  And when it's gone
  It lives in someone new
  It's not somethin' you get over
  But it's somethin' you get through
  
  It's not somethin' you get over
  But it's somethin' you get through
  It's not ours to be taken
  It's a thing we get to do
  
  Life goes on and on
  And when it's gone
  It lives in someone new
  It's not somethin' you get over
  But it's somethin' you get through
  It's not somethin' you get over
  But it's somethin' you get through Writer/s: BUDDY CANNON, WILLIE NELSON
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Mike from Saint Johns, FloridaI lost my wife a year ago today and this song brings me comfort. It gives me hope that maybe her love will live on in someone else if I am fortunate enough to have another shot at love. Thanks, Willie and friend.
• Linda from FloridaI lost my beloved Husband in 2013 and his song helped me through my grief, Even though it has been 12 years since he passed, his song keeps me grounded. Thank you Willie, I have been a fan of his for 70 years.
• Lynne Barrett from EnglandLost my husband to Cancer nearly three years ago. This song is so beautiful.Thank you both for it. July 2022
• Anonymous from FloridaHave to share same sentiment; this song also helps me through sad times
• Toolman from TexasI lost my wife of 49 years and heard this song shortly after her passing. I cried every time I heard it for a while, but it’s consoling and I thank Willy and his group for this beautiful song.
• Louise Richards from Grand Junction, CoMy husband passed the year this song came out and it really helped. Shared it at a Hospice meeting and it was my theme song for the time I was going through. Thank all of you...
• Mary Ann from OhioThank you. Lost my husband of 49 years . Keep thinking he's coming home!
• Sherrine from AnonThis is a wonderful message to someone who has lost a love one no matter the reason.
  If this song does not touch your heart you have become so cold all of their feelings have left them.

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