Janis Ian - Nervous lyrics
[Janis Ian - Nervous lyrics]
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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