When I'm Dead and Gone
Gallagher, Lyle / McGuinness Flint (1972)
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| Oh I love you baby, I | love you night and day, |
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| When I leave you baby, don't | cry the night away, |
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| When I die, | don't you write no | words upon my tomb. |
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| I | don't believe, I | want to leave no | epitaph of doom. |
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| Oh oh oh | oh | When I'm dead and | gone, |
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| I want to | leave some happy | woman livin | on. |
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| Oh oh oh | Oh, | When I'm dead and | gone, |
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| Don't | want nobody to | mourn beside my | grave. |
| Oh my Melinda, she's out to get my hide. |
| She's got a shotgun and her daughter by her side. |
| Hey there ladies. Johnson's free. |
| Who's got the love, who's got enough to keep a man like me? |
| Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone, |
| I want to leave some happy woman living on. |
| Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone |
| Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave. |
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| Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone |
| I want to leave some happy woman living on. |
| Oh oh oh oh. When I'm dead and gone |
| Don't want nobody to mourn beside my grave. |
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| / / / | / | / Ooh la la la ... |