Dead Men Walking - Janis Ian

Who’ll die by fire

Who will seek the flame

Whose heart’s desire

Has the most to gain

Who will beg for mercy

Who will bow their head

Who will suffer gladly

Who will welcome death

Who’ll play the hero

Who will turn and run

Who’ll always follow

Someone else’s drum

Who will die of beauty

Who will die of hope

Who will tell it truly

Who will leave it cloaked

Dead men walking in the world tonight

Dead men talking in my ear

I am afraid to ask too much

(And disappear when they are near)

Who’ll call me lover

Who will call me friend

Who’ll be my brother

Who will just pretend

Who will I surrender

Who will I defend

Will I be remembered

Will I rise again

Dead men walking in the world tonight

Dead men talking in my ear

I am afraid to ask too much

Of what I hear when they are near

Dead men walking in the world tonight

Dead men talking in my ear

I am afraid to ask too much

They disappear when you are near