I Am Afraid Songtext
von Pete Townshend

Um, I′ll see you tomorrow
I might be a bit late, but I will be there this time
Um, so call me back tonight anyway, okay?

I stand beside you
I face the future
I'll admit to you
I am afraid

I am afraid
As I stand beside you
I have denied you
I am afraid

I am not drunk now
I am not peeled down
My windows wound down
I am not brainwashed
I am not running
I am not hiding
My bed′s still rotting
I am afraid


I swing you high
I swing you low
I see you writhe
I see you grow
I hear you crying
Your brother's dying
Be no more lying
I am afraid

Well, who'd have thought it?
Thanks to my exposé, all hell broke loose for Ray Hi
As the porno pen-pal story burst upon us this week
It started harmlessly enough when pretty
American 15-year-old Rosalind Nathan
Wrote to her pop hero, Ray Hi

I am afraid
As I stand beside you
I have denied you
I am afraid


I stand beside you
I face the future
I′ll admit to you
I am afraid
By my religion
I stand here naked
I cannot fake it
With God as witness
My little children
Who wait for feeding
I watch you bleeding
I am afraid

I am afraid
As I stand beside you
I have denied you
I am afraid
I stand beside you
I face the future
I′ll admit to you
I am afraid

Hi, one-time psychedelic flower child, now turned alcoholic vegetable
Frantically encouraged a sordid series of
What can only be described as "letters"
This steamy correspondence climaxed in
This wide-eyed innocent 14-year-old's
Now infamous photo with its suggestion of
Nakedness, underage necrophilia and incest
Hi issued a series of what can only be described as "instructions"
By return of post
Allegedly inducting this vulnerable little
Waif into his so-called "secrets of stardom"
She opened her heart to him, she loved to sing
But he seized upon her gullibility to test out his weird theories
Why did he encourage her? What was he after? Was she pushed?
I think we should be told
Now there′s been a dramatic new development
Although Ray Hi's albums have been re-released this week
Decent, normal people will be more interested in young Rosalind
She′s a brilliant songwriter, a brilliant singer
And with my help has just released a brilliant new record
I predict a smash hit for this talented, sexy, nubile young singer
So rudely abused by that slimeball Ray Hi

What the fuck are you doing here, Ruth?
You come to gloat, have you?
I'm with Rastus
Rastus?
You? Rastus?
Yeah, I′m staying here as his guest
He's worried about the scandal
Thinks it could be the end of you