Allison Crowe performs "When I'm Gone", penned by the late, great, topical singer-songwriter and activist Phil Ochs - and first released on the 1966 album "Phil Ochs in Concert".
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 has recorded "When I'm Gone" for her album/CD "Little Light".
Many good hearts these days are looking to help one another in this life. Phil Ochs wrote a song for our times – and Allison Crowe helps deliver the message, “When I’m Gone”.
Images captured by Billie Woods 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 @ http://philochsthemovie.com
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
And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone 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'm gone And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone 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'm gone And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone 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
Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone 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
