When I'm Gone

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 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 lyrics line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone
I can't even worry about 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

I won't be runnig from the rain when I'm gone
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

Won't see the golden 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 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

I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
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

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

-Phil Ochs

To feel like the world is crumbling down
And there's nothing you can do
But so sit in a corner and cry
To wake up in the morning and sigh
As a brand new day begins and you wish you didn't have to

Step out into the light of the sun
And let her rays hit your face
And you're trying not to feel disgraced
And you know you look so out of place
Just turn your back and run

Spread your wings and fly away
To a place where you call home
'Cause there's nothing here to keep you
All this pain and hurt will eat you up inside
Those wings now they will fall from your shoulderblades
And bring you back down to where you don't belong