From the recording High Tea for Poets/Father Time (2CD-Pak)
Jeff Cannon: Vocals and acoustic guitar
David Dick: Banjo
Roger Williams: Dobro
Ron Kadish: Upright Bass
Jamey Reid: Hand percussion
Recorded 2019, Jake Belser/Primary Sound, Bloomington, IN; Lorne Entress/Harmony Street, Tolland, CT; Roger Williams, Glastonbury, CT.
JDC: I wish I had a magical formula for letting go of irrational fear, that silent killer of possibility. I don't. But for anyone trying to locate their fear, I have learned it is the one thing that is easiest to find in the dark.
Lyrics
Fear
Fear, the slowest way to die,
You never say goodbye,
Even when they’re gone, gone,
Fear, I feel like I can’t move,
I always have to prove,
There’s nothing on my mind, I’m fine.
When it’s darkest all around me I’ll surrender here,
I’ll wash away, I’ll wash away my fear.
I had a dream last night,
I felt that finally the fear was gone,
Then I woke up in your arms
And realized I was hangin’on,
Fear, like waiting by the phone,
It makes me be alone,
Even when you’re right—here.
Fear like never letting go,
Even when you know,
Tomorrow’s almost here, right here,
Right here.
With this darkness all around me
I’ll surrender here,
I’ll wash away, I’ll wash away my fear.
You don’t understand
You don’t understand
No you don’t understand
No you don’t understand
No one understands
I don’t understand my fear.
I don’t understand, I don’t understand my fear,
I don’t understand, I don’t understand my fear.