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