When I'm Gone

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"When I'm Gone" is a reflective folk song by American singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that contemplates mortality and the urgency of acting for justice and love while still alive.

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When I'm Gone canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith 1960s folk revival ⓘ
American protest music ⓘ
composer Phil Ochs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre folk music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
voice ⓘ
hasSubject civil rights ⓘ
compassion ⓘ
death ⓘ
ethical duty ⓘ
peace ⓘ
time ⓘ
hasType political folk song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
reflective song ⓘ
intendedMessage Act for justice and love before it is too late ⓘ
Life’s value lies in what we do while we are alive ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricFocus need to act while alive ⓘ
things that cannot be done after death ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
resolute ⓘ
musicalStyle acoustic ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableQuote I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone ⓘ
I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone ⓘ
I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone ⓘ
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here ⓘ
performer Phil Ochs ⓘ
theme anti-war sentiment ⓘ
humanitarianism ⓘ
legacy ⓘ
love ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
urgency of action ⓘ
writer Phil Ochs ⓘ

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Phil Ochs → notableWork → When I'm Gone ⓘ
Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune → featuresSong → When I'm Gone ⓘ