When I’m Gone Songtext
von Eric Andersen

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
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

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 brandy air when I'm gone
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
Can't even suffer from the pain when I′m gone
Nothing I can lose or I can gain 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 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
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
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
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