Without A Song Tony Bennett Words by Billy Rose and Edward Ilescu Music by Vincent Youmans This version did not chart but It was a # 6 hit in 1930 for Paul Whiteman Sung in the Broadway show "Great Day" by Lois Deppe and the Russell Wooding Jubilee Singers Became the theme song of Lawrence Tibbett Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong, a man ain't got a friend Without a song That field of corn would never see a plow That field of corn would be deserted now A man is born but he's no good no-how Without a song