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 request…



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



Now how could he know

Just where he would go

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 again…



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 request…



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



Now how could he know

Just where he would go

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 again…



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





© 1973 Black Leather Music, Inc. (BMI)