When I'm Gone Lyrics - Singles - Ochs Phil

Phil Ochs 

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 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 

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 

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 

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 

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 while I'm here 

So I guess I'll have to do it 

I guess I'll have to do it 

Guess I'll have to do it while I'm here