The Monkees


I Won't Be The Same Without Her

(Gerry Goffin/Carole King)

Vocals: Michael Nesmith
Backing Vocal: Micky Dolenz
Guitar: James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey,
& Michael Deasy
Bass: Bob West
Drums: Hal Blaine, Frank Devito, & Jim Gordon
Percussion: Gary Coleman
Produced By: Michael Nesmith
Recorded At: RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood
Date: July 1966

"I Won't Be The Same Without Her" was left in the can until the release of Instant Replay in 1969. Nesmith cowrote "Sweet Young Thing" with Goffin/King who also wrote "I Won't Be The Same Without Her". Evidently, Kirshner was trying to steer Michael in a more commercial, less country direction.


Lyrics:

Life is hard for me to touch now.
I just don't enjoy it as much now.
When she left, something inside of me died.
And I won't be the same without her,
No I won't be the same without her
By my side.

There's no end end to my sorrow.
I'm afraid to face tomorrow.
When she left, she took much more than my pride.
And I won't be the same without her,
No I won't be the same without her
By my side.

It isn't easy to forget her,
And the way it used to be.
She changed my life the day I met her.
And I won't be the same without her,
No I won't be the same without her
Close to me.

Repeat first verse.



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