Phil Ochs — When Im Gone

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] 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 [Verse 5] 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, while I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here [Verse 6] 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 [Verse 7] 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 [Verse 8] 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 I guess I'll have to do it Guess I'll have to do it While I'm here