And When I Die Laura Nyro, Blood Sweat and Tears (#2 in 1969)

And When I Die, and when I'm dead, dead and gone,
There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.
 
I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care.
If it's peace you find in dyin', well, then
Let the time be near.
If it's peace you find in dyin' when dyin' time is here,
Just bundle up my coffin 'cause it's cold way down there.
I hear that it's cold way down there, yeah,
Crazy cold away down there!
 
    And When I Die, and when I'm gone,
    There'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on.

 
My troubles are many, they're as deep as a well.
I can swear there ain't no heaven, and I pray there ain't no hell
I can swear there ain't no heaven, and pray there ain't no hell,
But I'll never know by livin', only my dyin' will tell.
Only my dyin' will tell, yeah, only my dyin' will tell! 
  Chorus
 
Give me my freedom for as long as I be,
All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of livin' is to have no chains on me,
And all I ask of dyin' is to go nat'rally!
Only wanna go nat'rally
Don't wanna go by the devil, Don't wanna go by the demon,
Don't wanna go by Satan, Don't wanna die uneasy,
Just let me go nat'rally.
   Chorus