Words and music by John Kay
And we carried him down the hollow Where we laid his kind soul down to rest Then we sang until the dawn just to him memory And found these words to be his last requestâ?¦ When my time draws nigh stay near me And when I die will you dance to my song When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me On my journey back home where I belong And what did he see that made him run so free And why do I feel, that's he's far away and right beside me still In the night somebody touched me And the sea rolled out his name While I thought of all our times together His echo keeps callin' back againâ?¦ When my time draws nigh stay near me And when I die will you dance to my song When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me On my journey back home where I belong
And we carried him down the hollow Where we laid his kind soul down to rest Then we sang until the dawn just to him memory And found these words to be his last requestâ?¦ When my time draws nigh stay near me And when I die will you dance to my song When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me On my journey back home where I belong And what did he see that made him run so free And why do I feel, that's he's far away and right beside me still In the night somebody touched me And the sea rolled out his name While I thought of all our times together His echo keeps callin' back againâ?¦ When my time draws nigh stay near me And when I die will you dance to my song When I'm gone won't you come and cheer me On my journey back home where I belong
í‚© 1973 Black Leather Music, Inc. (BMI)