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 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 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 I 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 I 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 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 to the fight while I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
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
And 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 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 I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here