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And now, whenever I am frightened...
I am frightened for mum and dad.
I am frightened too, Abigail.
I am frightened of what is to come.
I am frightened by the crowd For we are getting much too loud And they'll crush us if we go too far
Without my powers, I am frightened of everything.
I am frightened too, Abigail.
I am frightened by the fact that the EU Foreign Ministers are now following the same line of argument as Powell and apparently want to endorse the Bush doctrine.