Boy or Ghost

I met a bird
When I was just seventeen
She told me something that I shouldn't know
But her secret's safe with me
And I've since been living a wonderful life
Cuz I know how I'm gonna die
It wasn't the bomb
It wasn't my lover although it was close
I might return as a boy or a ghost
Or I might just decompose
I wasn't a martyr
But I didn't die all alone
I cut the casket and I wrote the dirge
But I promise, mama, you go first
So I keep on living my wonderful life
Cuz I know how I'm gonna die
So don't worry baby
I promise that I'll say
Goodbye