And When I Die - Blood, Sweat and Tears

And When I Die
Written by: Laura Nyro


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Lyrics:
I'm not scared of dying
And I, don't really care
If it's peace you find in dying
Well then, let the time be near

If it's peace you find in dying
Well then dying time is near
Just bundle up my coffin
'Cause it's cold way down there
I hear that it's
Cold way down there, yeah
Crazy cold, way down there

And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be, one child born
In this world
To carry on, to carry on
Now troubles are many
They're as
Deep as a well
I can swear there ain't no Heaven
But I pray there ain't no hell
Swear there ain't no Heaven
And I'll pray there ain't no hell
But I'll never know by livin'
Only my dyin' will tell, yes only my
Dyin' will tell, oh yeah
Only my dyin' will tell


Yeah yeah

Give me my freedom
For as long as I be
All I ask of livin'
Is to have no chains on me
All I ask of livin'
Is to have no chains on me
And all I ask of dyin' is to
Go natrually, only wanna
Go naturally
Here I go!

Hey hey
Here come the devil
Right behind
Look out children, here he come
Here he come, heyyy

Don't wanna go by the devil
Don't wanna go by the demon
Don't wanna go by satan
Don't wanna die uneasy
Just let me go
Naturally

And when I die, and when I'm dead
Dead and gone
There'll be
One child born, in our world
To carry on, to carry on

Singers:
1. Peter, Paul and Mary July 1966 2. Laura Nyro February 1967 3. Blood, Sweat & Tears (billboard hot 100) January 1969 4. Jr. Walker & The All Stars September 1970 5. Chet Baker 1970 6. Lynne Hughes 1970 7. Sammy Davis Jr. 1970 8. Esther Marrow 1972 9. Sweet Honey in the Rock 1997 10. Eric van Aro 2002 11. Lisa Sokolov March 2004 12. David Clayton-Thomas April 25, 2006 13. Liane Carroll 2007 14. Maureen McGovern April 29, 2008 15. Watermelon Slim and The Workers June 24, 2008 16. The Heavy September 6, 2011 17. Mark Winkler March 5, 2013 18. Billy Childs featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas 2014

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