One day the boy decided   To let them know the way he felt inside   He could not stand to hide it   His mother she broke down and cried   Oh my father   Why don't you talk to me now   Oh my mother   Do you still cry yourself to sleep      Are you still proud of your little boy   Don't be afraid (Be afraid)   You don't have to hide away      The boy he was rejected   By the people that he cared for   It's not what they expected   But he could not keep it secret anymore   Far from home now   Waiting by the telephone   There's a new world   You can make it on your own   Are you still proud of your little boy   Don't be afraid (Be afraid)   You don't have to hide away   No   (Don't be afraid)   (Love will mend your broken wing)   (Time will slip away)   (Learn to be brave)      Oh my father   Why don't you talk to me now   Oh my mother   Do you still cry yourself to sleep   Are you still proud of your little boy   Don't be afraid (be afraid)   You don't have to hide away   (Don't be afraid)   (Love will mend your broken wing)   (Time will slip away)   (Learn to be brave)