Scared Straight

Washingtons on the one Im in the middle of speaking And youre under the gun Seething, leave it to the lone nut Its unappealing in someone so young Plaintive, youre feeling so washed up And you mean it when you say youre done Five lanes of freeway But its all gone dark You called to say youre gonna run Well,Can you wait? Can you stand it? Are you brave or are you scared straight? She didnt want you to: Speak right, be strong, act nice, take so long Call time, seem tired, leave mad, get so wired Maybe you belong to someone Maybe you have finally met them Maybe smoke belongs in the sky Maybe I hate it when you cry You were hurt so you got hard You were cursed and scolded and scared You were searched for, then ignored You want to burn the liars? Youll set us both on fire Youre faking, so Im pretend sleeping Waiting for this to be fun Its true little miss mean mini-bar guard Were gonna have to try something new Let me breath fire down on you