When I'm Gone

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone



And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone



And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone



All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone



My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone



And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone



Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone



And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone



Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone



And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone



Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



All my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone



And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone



Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here



And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone



And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone



Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone



So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here