Keep You Safe

When I was a child,
my nerves ran wild
when I watched my friends rise to the tops of the trees
The risk of fall--
I never climbed at all
Every day I told myself "I'm not ready"

My daddy always said
"Nothing worth doing comes easy"
Time is not your friend,
Time is not your remedy
No amount of waiting will make, make you brave
No amount of fear will keep you
No amount of fear will keep you safe

The older I get,
The more fears I collect
I gather them from all the people I meet
Their stories reveal
Regrets their smiles can't conceal
I carry them, I carry them with me

My daddy always said
"Nothing worth doing comes easy"
Time is not your friend,
Time is not your remedy
No amount of waiting will make, make you brave
No amount of fear will keep you
No amount of fear will keep you safe

What if the steps I take
Turn out to be mistakes?
How can somebody like me
Learn to say "come what may"?
Come what may
Come what may
Come what may

My daddy always said
"Nothing worth doing comes easy"
Time is not your friend,
Time is not your remedy
No amount of waiting will make, make you brave
No amount of fear will keep you
No amount of fear will keep you safe