I see you looking over your shoulder
Tell me who do you thinks out there
You're reaching for your four leaf clover
But baby there ain't no luck down there

I swear that there's no heart in this city
It's here the slogan reads "Do your time"
Everybody's doing their sentence
It's just there ain't nobody here who knows just what's the crime

I watched my father live a lie here
I'd rather die than fade away
I read the rules
And yeah I know them
You ain't ever gonna make me play the game of fear
Fear
Fear
Of a new thing

Running with the rats through the city
Makes you feel like you're a partner in crime
Girl once you were young and pretty
Now all you stop and watch a little girl die

Hey baby, won't you stop and hear me
Just being here we're breathing heart attacks
Yeah
We can run
Chase the setting sun
Baby, we can run and we won't ever look back
No

Take my hand I know we'll make it
I'll let nothing slow us down
I know you wanna curse this place
There's only one thing stopping us now
It's fear
Fear
Fear
Of a new thing
Fear
Fear
Fear
Of the brass ring

You ain't one for taking chances
You work and you live and you breathe 9 to 5
Still that's what...you call living
Hah
Man, that's surviving to me
Surviving...is living to die in fear
Fear
Fear
Of a new thing
Fear
Fear
Fear
Of a brass ring
Fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear
Fear