Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro was an American singer, pianist and songwriter; born Laura Nigro.

Lyrics

• I'm not scared of dying
  And I, don't really care
  If it' s peace you find in dying
  Well then, let the time be near.
  • "And When I Die"

• My troubles are many
  They're deep as a well
  I swear there ain't no Heaven
  And I pray there ain't no hell
  But I'll never know by living
  only my dying will tell.
  And when I die
  and when I'm gone
  There'll be, one child born
  And a world to carry on, to carry on.
  • "And When I Die"

• 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 naturally...
  And when I die, and when I'm gone
  There'll be one child born, in our world
  To carry on, to carry on...
  • "And When I Die"

• I was raised on the good book Jesus
  Till I read between the lines
  Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning
  • "Stoney End"

• You can see the walls roar
  See your brains on the floor
  Become God
  Become cripple
  Become funky
  • "Poverty Train"

• If you love me true
  And if you love me true
  I'll spend my life with you
  And Timer
  

You're a jigsaw, Timer

• • "Timer"

• Emily
  And her love to be
  Carved in a heart
  On a berry tree
  But it's only a little farewell lovespell
  Time to design a woman
  • "Emily"

• So he swears he'll mever marry
  Says that cuddles are a curse
  Just tell him plain
  You're on the next train
  If love don't get you first
  • "Time and Love"

• I lost my eyes
  In east wind skies
  Here's where I've cried
  Where I've tried
  Where God and the Tendaberry rise
  Where Quakers and revolutionaries
  Join for life
  • "New York Tendaberry"

• He got his mean streak from the gutter
  Got his kindness from God
  • "Blackpatch"

• I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
  And die slow
  • "Been On A Train"

• She said
  "I'm young enough
  I'm old enough
  In the city machine
  Where industries
  Fill the fish full of mercury"
  • "Money"

• Sage's light
  Oh and Edison
  He made two sparks ignite
  All you do
  It's a scientific chain reaction
  • "Light" (Pop's Principle)

• They say a woman's place
  Is to wait and serve
  Under the veil
  Submissive and dear
  But I think my place
  Is in a ship from space
  To carry me
  The hell out of here.
  • "The Right To Vote"

Unsourced

Some of these have attributed dates, but without specific sources.

• The first feminism I expressed was long ago through melodies and rhythms, and a few years later my life caught up.

• Seclusion from what? I do have a life other than on a vinyl record.
  • From interview, November 1975

• One thing I take seriously is having a baby. That's part of my feminism.
  • From interview, 1978

• I feel like a soul mother in my prime, even if Columbia doesn't.
  • Interview after Columbia Records failed to re-sign her, 1993.