you think if you set the price they ll turn me in you think that when i m up upon the pike you ll win they ll say that i was fighting for the spirit of the law what will they say about you when i m gone you murdered and you stole you mocked the hope i gave though i d prefer a happy end no man can cheat the grave i know what they ll remember in the words of every song what will they say about you when i m gone they ll say we stared into the wind that tore away our breath we left behind a message that can not be claimed by death a hero lives forever for the ones that carry on what will they say about you when i m gone 