Scared at Night

As a child I would wake at night
I was scared, but I kept real quiet
Shadows on the walls moving in on me
And underneath my sheets, I could barely breathe
And your room was only just across a hall
All it would have taken was a single call
Maybe sometimes you've got to trust ourselves
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
And 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
And in the dark, picture me in your mind
And I'll lay with you, so you don't have to be scared at night

And I flew to Winnipeg on your final day
They said that you waited till I came
We sang your favorite 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
‘Cause 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
And in the dark, picture me in your mind
And I'll lay with you, 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