There's no place in this world where I'll belong, when I'm gone
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
My days won't be dances of delight, when I'm gone
The sands will be shifting from my sight, when I'm gone
Can't add my name into the fight, 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
The joys of love will not be mine, when I'm gone
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
And I won't breathe the bracing air, when I'm gone
I won't be worry 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 do it while I'm here
And I won't be running from the rain, when I'm gone
I won't even suffer from the pain, when I'm gone
Can't seem'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
And I 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
And I won't be laughing at the lies, when I'm gone
Won't question where or 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'll belong, when I'm gone
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