Scared At Night

As a child I would

wake up at night

I was scared

but I kept real quiet

Shadows on the walls

moving in on me

Underneath my sheets

I could barely breathe

Your room was only

just across the hall

All it would have taken

was a single call

Maybe sometimes you've

got to trust yourself

Not to scream out loud

and run like hell

Believe me

All the days you're unsure

Believe in me

I don't want to anymore

In the dark

Picture me in your mind

And i'll lay with you

You don't have to

be scared at night

As a young man

you were shooting rats

By accident you hit

the farmyard cat

He ran for the fields and

Came back the next day

You had blown out his eye

And you could see his brain

Your dad said "Boy

there are some things in life

You don't want to do

but you know is right

So take him out back

and finish him off"

You got your gun

off the shelf

It only took one shot

Believe me

All the days you're unsure

Believe in me

I don't want to anymore

In the dark

Picture me in your mind

And i'll lay with you

So you don't have to

be scared at night

I flew to Winnipeg

on your final day

They said that you waited

until I came

We sang your favourite hymns

And we held your hand

You took your final breath

and that was that

But I'd never seen

a person die before

I tried so hard not to cry

you know

Maybe sometimes we've got

to trust ourselves

That when you die you

go someplace else

Believe me

All the days you're unsure

Believe in me

I don't want to anymore

In the dark

Picture me in your mind

And i'll lay with you

So you don't have to

be scared at night

You don't have to

be scared at night

You don't have to

be scared at night