When I'm Gone

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] And I won't feel the flowin' of the time when I'm gone And all the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone And my pen won't pour a lyric line when I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here [Verse 3] And I won't breathe the bracin' air when I'm gone Can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone And I, I 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 [Verse 4] And I won't be runnin' from the rain when I'm gone But I won't suffer from my pain when I'm gone And I can't say who's to blame when I'm gone So I guess I'll do it while I'm here [Verse 5] And I won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone And all the evenings and the mornings, they'll just be one when I'm gone And I cannot be singin' louder than the guns when I'm gone So I guess I'll do it while I'm here [Verse 6] And all my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone And the sands will be shiftin' from my sight when I'm gone I, I can't add my name to the fight when I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here [Verse 7] And I won't be laughin' at the lies when I'm gone And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone And I, I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone So I, I guess I'll do it while I'm here [Verse 1] Yeah, there's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone Oh, and I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone 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