Of all the fears I carry 'round The greatest one is you, always around It's always you, yeah, it's you You're the one who writes it all down Birth, life, and the cold hard ground You're always by my side Tellin' me how I should live my life How many hours I work each day And how much you take away I pay you every single time Even when I don't wanna pay a dime Scared of you, always of you I wake up early, go to sleep with you Scared of you, always of you Scared of you You choose the law I gotta follow You jail or free me come tomorrow You point the finger or hide the lie You're the one who decides who survives And when one voice tries to rise In the middle of a thousand cries Your armed hand moves in near You hush 'em, cuff 'em, make 'em disappear When your heavy hand comes down There ain't no way out, no mercy 'round No way out, no mercy 'round But when you're wrong, you always say It ain't on me I don't know what happened Ain't nothin' I can do today And I keep on livin', scared of you Workin' from sunrise 'til the day is through Scared of you, scared of you Yeah, scared of you