Afraid
[RICHARD LOEB]
I'm afraid to die
But I'll sure be tempted if it lets me know you'll never witness me cry
I'm afraid of court
Even with the great Clarence Darrow behind us
He may call off short
Was it wrong to plead?
Say we were guilty?
Say that we had done it?
Why concede?
If we play it right

I'm afraid I'll fret
I'm afraid of loss
I'm afraid of strifes and the bars and the being alone in a box
I can't let you see
If you saw a slight touch of weakness, you'd change your opinion of me
I'll be sure I'm strong
Even as the judgе holds his life in my hands and decides if it's not -
How'd I gеt here?
I'm afraid of fear
When we're punished
If we're sentenced to death
Will that punishment be right?
If we're locked up for life
We won't do it again
I'm sure they hear that from a whole lot of men
Who're also unable to sleep at night

I'm afraid to speak
I can feel the noose start the tighten, the pain and the terrible sting
What we did was wrong
But it seemed so right at the time, seemed so unreal but was real all along
Everything seems black
But no matter what they do to us, nothing will bring that boy back
Darrow's gonna try
He had better try
I'm afraid to live
I'm afraid to die