When I'm Gone

There's no place in this world where I belong when I'm gone
 I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
 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
 My days won't be dances after light when I'm gone
 The sands will be shiftin' from my sights when I'm gone
 Can't add my name to the fights when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
 And I won't see the flowin' of the tide when I'm gone
 The joys of love will not be mine when I'm gone
 My pen won't pour the lyric right 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 won't be worried about my cares when I'm gone
 Can't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll have to it while I'm here
 And I won't be runnin' from the rain when I'm gone
 I won't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
 Can't see 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
 I won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
 The evenings and the mornings would 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
 And I won't be laughing at the lights when I'm gone
 Won't question where 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
 There's no place in this world where I belong when I'm gone
 I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
 Won't find be singin' on this song when I'm gone
 So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here