Laura Nyro - And When I Die lyrics

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone

There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on

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, when dying time is here

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 and a world to carry on, to carry on

My 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 pray there ain't no hell

But I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell

Only my dying will tell, yeah, only my dying will tell

And when I die and when I'm gone

There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on

Give me my freedom for as long as I be

All I ask of living is to have no chains on me

All I ask of living is to have no chains on me

And all I ask of dying is to go naturally, only wanna go naturally

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 gone

There'll be one child born, there'll be one child born

When I die, there'll be one child born

When I die, there'll be one child born

When I die, there'll be one child born

When I die, there'll be one child born