When I'm Gone
(might wanna cut down on the verses 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.

I won't see the flowing of the time when I'm gone.
The joys of love will not be mine when I'm gone.
My lips won't speak a lyric rhyme when I'm gone.
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.

I won't breath 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 do it while I'm here.

I won't be hiding from the storm when I'm gone.
Won't even suffer from the harm 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.

I won't see the redness of the sun when I'm gone.
The evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone.
Can't be singing louder than the screams 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 be laughing at the lies when I'm gone.
I 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.

By Phil Ochs

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