And When I Die

Song And When I Die
Artist Laura Nyro
Album The First Songs

Lyrics

[00:04.27] And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone
[00:22.00] There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
[00:38.31] I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care.
[00:41.81] If it's peace you find in dying, well, then let the time be near.
[00:45.37] If it's peace you find in dying, when dying time is here
[00:49.25] Just bundle up my coffin cause it's cold way down there
[00:52.62] I hear that's it's cold way down there, yeah, crazy cold way down there.
[00:59.18] And when I die and when I'm gone
[01:02.49] There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
[01:10.18] My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
[01:13.74] I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell.
[01:17.68] Swear there ain't no heaven and pray there ain't no hell
[01:21.12] But I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell
[01:24.79] Only my dying will tell, yeah, only my dying will tell.
[01:31.85] And when I die and when I'm gone
[01:34.60] There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
[01:42.41] Give me my freedom for as long as I be. All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
[01:49.97] All I ask of living is to have no chains on me
[01:53.67] And all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only want to go naturally.
[01:59.62] Don't want to go by the devil, don't want to go by the demon
[02:03.43] Don't want to go by Satan, don't want to die uneasy, just let me go naturally.
[02:08.81] And when I die and when I'm gone, there'll be one child born, there'll be one child born.
[02:18.05] When I die, there'll be one child born. When I die, there'll be one child born.
[02:25.81] When I die, there'll be one child born. When I die, there'll be one child born.