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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
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
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 wann 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
This song is so steeped in memories for me. My parents had this album and it was in heavy rotation at our house. I hear this song and I can picture my dad, with his long sideburns and cut-off jeans, playing frisbee in the front yard with my Uncle Keith, while my sister and I caught grasshoppers and hung out in the plastic swimming pool and ate popsicles. Or playing hotwheels in the living room on a Saturday afternoon in the winter, taking breaks when we heard the furnace click on to sit in front of the register vent with a blanket stretched across our laps and tucked under our legs, ballooning up as the air came out of the vent, then running back out (now with warm feet) to keep playing when it shut back off. The records were stacked on the turntable right after breakfast and would play through until lunch, as my dad went about the business of being a dad on a Saturday morning. The click of the changer, the whoosh of one vinyl album coming to rest upon the one spinning below it, then the crackle as the needle seated itself in the groove just before the music began to play. For some reason, there was always the background scent of wet wallpaper — my parents were always either stripping wallpaper off or putting new wallpaper back on.
All that, just from hearing this song.
What an evocative description. Thanks!
Interesting history of BS&T on AMG. It's worth a read to see how they disenfranchised themselves from their fan base by alignining themselves with the "establishment".
True.
William, Where is the long version?
IIRC correctly, this song didn't have a long, extended instrumental break as many BS&T numbers did, at least on the studio version.
This song is so steeped in memories for me. My parents had this album and it was in heavy rotation at our house. I hear this song and I can picture my dad, with his long sideburns and cut-off jeans, playing frisbee in the front yard with my Uncle Keith, while my sister and I caught grasshoppers and hung out in the plastic swimming pool and ate popsicles. Or playing hotwheels in the living room on a Saturday afternoon in the winter, taking breaks when we heard the furnace click on to sit in front of the register vent with a blanket stretched across our laps and tucked under our legs, ballooning up as the air came out of the vent, then running back out (now with warm feet) to keep playing when it shut back off. The records were stacked on the turntable right after breakfast and would play through until lunch, as my dad went about the business of being a dad on a Saturday morning. The click of the changer, the whoosh of one vinyl album coming to rest upon the one spinning below it, then the crackle as the needle seated itself in the groove just before the music began to play. For some reason, there was always the background scent of wet wallpaper — my parents were always either stripping wallpaper off or putting new wallpaper back on.
All that, just from hearing this song.
Wonderful reminiscence! Thank you!
This song is a mess.
It would certainly be a challenge to dance to it.
Not quite. The problem may be with your inability to comprehend musical complexity. Stick to "Yakkity-Yak"...nice and simple for you.
I have always hated loving this song.
I have sometimes been ambivalent about liking this song.
I have always hated loving this song.
Definitely. This was / is a classic album
yep, just about the lamest thing out there
parts of it sound like a soundtrack from a John Wayne movie
All that, just from hearing this song.
That's a beautiful set of memories. You just checked off a very similar list of mine, except with music from my Dad's collection of vinyl. :-)
All that, just from hearing this song.
Thanks for sharing, Beanie!
All that, just from hearing this song.
pray there is no hell
when im gone i'll have 2 to carry on
Here I go...............her comes the devil........me bluegrass and 60's rock
carry on
An audiophile great. One of the first 16 track recordings.
On LP - Try to find a clean first pressing (Columbia 2-eyed) or an early 70's pressing (thick cardboard cover - no UPC)
On SACD any but the 2001 single layer SACD on Columbia is the best.
CD/SACD - The Audio Fidelity slightly better then the MoFi SACD..
Avoid the Quad version - it's a terrible.mix.
This song's from 1968. Just saying.
—Shari
Please do! I can't find a one! How about from "New York Tendaberry" and from "Eli and the Thirteenth Confession", and maybe from that album that she did with that soul band, what was their name. Oh, yeah, Pattie Labelle and the BlueBells. "Gonna Take A Miracle".
even for david clayton-thomas.
there's a laura nyro version?
let's hear it!
Yes! Where is some Laura Nyro? Saw her at the old Guthrie in Minneapolis. Fantastic seats, fantastic concert.