I stand beside you

I face the future

I'll admit to you

I am afraid

I am afraid

As I stand beside you

I have denied you

I am afraid



I am not drunk now

I am not pilled down

My windows wound down

I am not brainwashed

I am not running

I am not hiding

My bet's still riding

I am afraid



I swing you high-o

I swing you low-a

I watch your eye-o

I watch you grow-a

I hear you crying

Your brother's dying

Be no more lying

I am afraid



I am afraid

As I stand beside you

I have denied you

I am afraid

I stand beside you

I face the future

I'll admit to you

I am afraid



By my religion

I stand here naked

I cannot take it

With God as witness

My little children

Who wait for feedin'

I watch you bleedin'

I am afraid



I am afraid

As I stand beside you

I have denied you

I am afraid

I stand beside you

I face the future

I'll admit to you

I am afraid

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