It was like waking from a bad dream 

All that screaming in the past 

And now I know things ain't what they seem 

This old dream is gonna last a long time

Was it something 

That I could have said?

Mama, change your mind

Get out of your head 

I could never be your enemy 

(Enemy, enemy)

Now I just can't be your friend 

Now I see you'll be the end of me 

(Enemy, enemy)

If I don't try and defend myself 

The sun is out, I hear the children play

They clutch their clarinets as the bus takes them away 

The concrete's burning in the winter time 

They don't believe me, there's no reason to your rhyme 

They said that up 

Is down instead

Daddy, how did you get

That in your head?

I could never be your enemy 

(Enemy, enemy)

But now I just can't be your friend 

Now I see you'll be the end of me 

(Enemy, enemy)

If I don't try and defend myself 

Hold your honey close

It's going down 

They made him king 

But they forgot the crown 

Please, pass the salt

But don't you say a word

Jump in the lion's den

There's gonna be a fight on

Mama taught me 

Right from wrong  

But we've been strangers 

All along 

I could never be your enemy 

(Enemy, enemy)

But now I just can't be your friend 

Now I see you'll be the end of me 

(Enemy, enemy)

If I don't try and defend myself