Don't Be Scared of Me — A battle-weary adult traveler rests with open hands on a flower-filled Merced porch as a neighbor approaches with coffee and dark birds fly into sunrise

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Don't Be Scared of Me

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A battle-worn, hungry and disillusioned traveler asks a loved one to see beyond the damage he carries. Life on the street and the loss of old certainties have left him searching for another reason to continue. Beside the river, his plea becomes an invitation to let go and face the unknown together.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Don't Be Scared of Me

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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DON'T BE SCARED OF ME

Don’t be scared of me
I am more than what you see
I am battle weary
And ravaged by the war
I've seen some things that
I just don't want to see anymore
I don’t believe in half the things
I used to think were true
I didn't have a reason
Till I fell in love with you

I’ve been to the mountain
And I've been on the street
Living on the music
And the downtown city beat
I've been through too many nights
With not enough to eat
Must have been some angels
Put these sandals on my feet

CHORUS
I pray for the day
When we both go away
When shadows of the things we did
Vanish in the gray
When I can give you everything
The world has dared of me
For all the things we’ve done and said
Please don’t be scared of me

Like so many strangers
That I meet every day
No one has an answer
For why we must obey
If we don’t the universe
Will surely have its way
And all the things we love and cherish
Simply go away

Out here on the River
We are learning to let go
We swim into surrender
And know that we don't know
Where the River wanders
Except down to the Sea
Come down to the water baby
Sail away with me

CHORUS
I pray for the day
When we both go away
When shadows of the things we did
Vanish in the gray
When I can give you everything
The world has dared of me
For all the things we’ve done and said
Please don’t be scared of me
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