Janis Ian — Nervous

[Verse 1] I was walking down the street when I heard CNN Through the window of a bar and I thought here we go again So I stood there with the crowd, I watched the world go by While everyone around me kept on glancing at the sky Made me nervous [Verse 2] So I went back to my house and got down on my knees It was quiet as a mouse when he spies a chunk of cheese I said Lord won't you help me 'cause I cannot see the light Then I thought about the bomb and I closed my curtains tight Made me nervous [Verse 3] It's a complicated world and it's a little too much I'm a complicatеd girl but I've lost my touch And I don't know what to do, I don't know where to turn I walk around in circlеs and I wish I was a germ [Verse 4] 'Cause if I was a germ, I would never be scared I could hide in someone's finger or a little piece of hair I could give 'em all the clap, I could kill 'em in their sleep Nobody'd fight back, they wouldn't know it was me They make me nervous [Verse 5] I'm nervous for the President and for the FBI I'm nervous for the government and I don't wanna fly I'm nervous about the Arabs when I look up at the sky And I think I'm being hijacked if you look me in the eye I'm really nervous [Verse 6] I don't wanna revolution and I don't wanna fight a war I don't wanna think about it or be nervous any more So I'm going back to bed with a dirty magazine And I'm hoping when I wake up it'll turn out to be a dream [Verse 7] So if you're feeling nervous you can come on to my place We can drink a glass of wine and pretend we're on a date We can sing Kumbaya by the light of my TV We can move to Dakota, it's all the same to me [Verse 8] It'll be all right, it'll be okay We will all survive and face another day But for tonight I'll tell you my dears That I'm just a little nervous and I'm very glad you're here