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When I'm Gone

from Little Light by Allison Crowe

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Allison Crowe performs "When I'm Gone", penned by the late, great, topical singer-songwriter and activist Phil Ochs.

Ani DiFranco recorded this song for the soundtrack of "Steal This Movie" - a film based on the life and adventures of a '60s radical, Yippie Abbie Hoffman. Crowe, inspired by DiFranco, has recorded "When I'm Gone" for her album/CD "Little Light".

The images of Allison Crowe on-stage are captured by photographer Billie Woods, (herself also a musician), in concert at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, Washington, USA - January 31, 2009.

Thankfully, 2011 saw the release of "Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune" - a biography in movie form. There's more info @ philochsthemovie.com

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When I'm Gone

Words & Music by Phil Ochs
As performed by Allison Crowe

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone
And all the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone
My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't breathe the bracing air when I am gone
And I won't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
And I won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't be running from the rain when I am gone
I can't even suffer from the pain when I am gone
I can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And Ion't see the golden of the sun when I am gone
And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I am gone
I can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

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from Little Light, released May 2, 2008

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