When I'm Gone Songtext
von 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 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
And 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
And I can′t even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
There′s 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 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

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
I 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 singing on this song when I′m gone
So I guess I′ll have to do it while I'm here