(I've Lost You) So Why Should I Care
Composer(s): Richard Howard
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb



The beautiful story is ended
Our wonderful romance is through
And I might have known it was only a dream 
For it all seemed too good to be true
For the wrongs that we do we must suffer
And that's just the reason we met
You came that I might make atonement 
Through you I must pay ev'ry debt

We bring nothing in the world with us
We can take nothing out when we go
So why should we care if we live or we die
When our gladness is turned into woe
I'll be glad when my sad life is over
When they lay me away to my rest
For while I must live broken hearted 
The worst can be only the best

Oh why should I care what becomes of me now 
I had nothing to live for but you 
Oh why should I care if I fall by the way 
When I know that no longer you're true 
My sorrow is sending me down to my grave 
'T is greater than I can bear 
If they bar me away, from heaven some day
I've lost you so why should I care