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 singing 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
 And 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
 I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
 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
 And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone
 I won't suffer from the 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
 And I won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
 Nor the evenings and the mornings that must be one when I'm gone
 And I can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll do it while I'm here
 And 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
 I 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
 And I, I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll do it while I'm here
 Yeah, 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
 You won't find me singing on this song when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here