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