Written by Kevin Bacon 

 

"Kind of exploring the role that fear plays in my life.  Thanks to Trav for the cool lick." KB 

 

She'll wake you in the morning 

As she fills your head at night 

She'll drop by, without warning 

Just when you thought you were doing all right 

 

You think she's far away in California 

But she has never been so near 

 

Mother fear 

 

She was there the day you turned your cheek 

She led you from the fight 

She was in your throat, when you couldn't speak 

She sings harmony tonight  

She knew just were you lived 

She brought the sedatives 

She brought the whiskey and the beer 

 

Mother fear, Mother fear, Mother fear 

 

That peaceful feeling's so deceiving 

You check the kids to see they're breathing 

 

And as you watch your house come tumbling down 

She stands beside you in the rubble 

She'll be the first to recognize the sound 

Of the bursting of the bubble 

 

And as you prance and pose 

In your new emperor's clothes 

She'll get the crowd to laugh and cheer 

And here she comes 

 

Mother fear, Mother fear 

Year after year after year