All you here to witness
My own last words
Please forget what you saw
Please forget how I died
Please forget my dear friend
Who now sits by my side
Run away to the border
Do not hang for my sake
Even now as I'm dying
I can hear your heart break
We've been friends since children
Through everything
And although we quarreled
We have stayed true
Now it has come to this
And still I say to you
Run away to the border
Do not hang for my sake
Even now as I'm dying
I can hear your heart break
We both loved one woman
Our loves were true
Neither one more deserving
Neither one less pure
Neither heart less inflamed
Neither purpose less sure
Run away to the border
Do not hang for my sake
Even now as I'm dying
I can hear your heart break