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Meaning of a stanza of Stevie Wonder's song

I've listened to the song "They Won't Go When I Go" of Stevie Wonder

and I'm not sure that I understood the first stanza.

I'd like to ensure that I understood it properly. Then this is the original stanza:

No more lying friends

Wanting tragic ends

Though they do pretend

They won't go when I go

And this is my interpretation for this:

No more lying friends = there is no more friends who are liars.

Wanting tragic ends = these liars want tragic ends (because the lie)

Though they do pretend

They won't go when I go