I'm not scared of dyin'

and I don't really care

if it's peace you find in dyin'

Well then let the time be near

if it's peace you find in dyin'

When dyin' time is here

just bundle up my coffin

cause it's 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



My troubles are many

they're as deep as a well

I swear there ain't no heaven

and 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 livin'

only my dyin' will tell

And when I die

and when I'm gone

there'll be one child born

and a world to carry on



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

And when I die

and when I'm gone

there'll be one child born

and a world to carry on