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". <br /> <br />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". <br /> <br />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”. <br /> <br />Images captured by Billie Woods in concert at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, Washington, USA - January 31, 2009. <br /> <br />Thankfully, 2011 saw the release of "Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune" - a biography in movie form. There's more info @ http://philochsthemovie.com <br /> <br />When I'm Gone <br /> <br />Words & Music by Phil Ochs <br />As performed by Allison Crowe <br /> <br />There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone <br />And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone <br />And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone <br />So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here <br /> <br />And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone <br />All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone <br />My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone <br />So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here <br /> <br />And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone <br />And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone <br />Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone <br />So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here <br /> <br />And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone <br />And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone <br />Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone <br />So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here <br /> <br />Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone <br />And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone <br />Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone <br />So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
