I see them on the weekends and in the holidays

I buy them anything they ask for and I tell them everything's OK

I take them to the movies. We play football in the park

I read them bedtime stories and I say 'don't be afraid of the dark'

Don't be afraid of the dark

It's only 'cause you can't see what's there

If you wait until morning

Everything will be clear

I send money to their momma. She spends it on new clothes

She spends it with her boyfriends in those late night places that she goes

She always was a wild one, tethered way too young

When she first became a mother she thought her life was over before it had begun

She was afraid of the dark

She couldn't see what she could become

She couldn't wait 'til the morning

She just cried the whole night long

You can't find your way by crying in the dark

You've got to look to the future if you want to find your way back home

Don't be afraid of the dark

It's only 'cause you can't see what's there

If you wait 'til the morning

Everything will be clear

Don't be afraid of the dark.