Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
BS&T version and No. 2 hit in 1969 gives an extra dimension to the earlier versions by Peter, Paul and Mary and the song writer, Laura Nyro.
Written (and sold to Peter, Pail and Mary) at the tender age of 17 by Laura Nyro
According to David Clayton-Thomas, Nyro was the girlfriend of Blood Swea...
{Intro}
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be, one child born in this world
To carry on, to carry on
{Instrumental}
[Verse 2]
Now troubles are many
There'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
[Chorus]
And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be, one child born in this world
To carry on, to carry on, yeah yeah
{Instrumental}
Yee-ha
[Verse 3]
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 naturally
Only wanna go naturally
[Bridge]
Here I go, hah!
Hey hey
Here come the devil
Right behind
Look out children, here he come
Here he come, hey
Don't wanna go by the devil
Don't wanna go by 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
{Outro}
And When I Die was written by Laura Nyro.
And When I Die was produced by James William Guercio.
Blood, Sweat & Tears released And When I Die on Tue Sep 30 1969.