there's no place in this world where i'll belong when i'm gone.
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and i won't know the right from the wrong when i'm gone.
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and you won't find me singin' on this song when i'm gone,
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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and i won't feel the flowing of the tide when i'm gone.
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all the pleasures of love will not be mine when i'm gone.
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my pen won't pour out a lyric line when i'm gone,
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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and i won't breathe the brazen air when i'm gone.
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and i can't even worry 'bout my cares when i'm gone.
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won't be asked to do my share when i'm gone.
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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and i won't be running from the rain when i'm gone.
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and i can't even suffer from the pain when i'm gone.
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can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when i'm gone,
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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won't see the golden of the sun when i'm gone.
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and the evenings and the mornings will be one when i'm gone.
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can't be singing louder than the guns when i'm gone.
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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all my days won't be dances of delight when i'm gone.
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and the sands will be shifting from my sight when i'm gone.
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can't add my name into the fight while i'm gone,
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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and i won't be laughing at the lies when i'm gone.
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and i can't question how or when or why when i'm gone.
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can't live proud enough to die when i'm gone,
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so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
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When I'm Gone
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| Ani DiFranco |
