Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I know you, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone
I said, baby, when I'm gone
Better think on it, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone, gone, gone
I tell you, when I'm gone, yeah
I do declare you're goin' miss your candyman, yeah
Keeping you safe and warm
Yeah, baby, keeping you out of harm
[Verse 2]
Now, well, I'm going away, baby
Yeah, I won't be back till fall
Child, I won't be back until late next fall, now
Well, I'm pushing out, baby
And I won't be back till fall
If I can find myself a good loving woman
I might not ever come back at all
I might not ever come back at all
[Verse 3]
Well, the way I love my baby, yeah
I know she's gonna love me some
Yeah, my baby gonna love me some
The way I love my baby
I know she's gonna love me some
[Verse 4]
Oh, when she folds her loving arm around me
Lord, it's just like a circle going 'round the sun
In all the whole world, it ain't but one
Just like a circle going 'round the sun
Just like a circle going 'round the sun
Just like a circle going 'round the sun
Wheeling like a circle going 'round the sun
Dealing like a circle going 'round the sun
Reeling like a circle going 'round the sun
Feeling like a circle going 'round the sun
Around the sun, 'round the sun
'Round the sun, 'round the sun
Well, around the sun
[Verse 5]
Now, I know you, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone
Yeah, now baby, when I'm gone
You better think on it, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone, oh mama, when I'm gone
I do declare you're goin' miss your candyman
Well, if I'm keeping you safe and warm
Yeah baby, keeping you out of harm
Now where you gonna go when it start to storm?
Where you gonna go when it start to storm?
Where you gonna go when it start to storm?
Start to storm, start to storm
Start to storm, start to storm
Start to storm, start to storm
Start to storm, start to storm
[Verse 6]
Oh, I know you, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone, said when I'm gone, now
I know you, rider
Baby, you might miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone, baby, when I'm gone
Now, I know you, rider
Girl, you're goin' miss me
Baby, when I'm gone, yeah
I said, when I'm gone
Baby, when I'm gone
Baby, when I'm gone
Written by: Phyllis Braxton, Phyllis Braxton-Knox, Terry Callier