TAP DANCING IN THE MINEFIELD
Marc Alan Barnette/John Westwood
9-21-10
Recording, vox and instruments by Dale Crocket
Some days I feel I speak a different language
Get confused in simple conversation
How did How’ve you been?
Turn into a Spanish Inquisition
My girls’ Dad thinks that I’m a Martian
When I’m around, he acts like I’m the weird one
Like my head is one of his trophies, mounted over his guns
I try to watch what words I use
But no matter what I do
Chorus
FEELS LIKE I’M TAP DANCING IN A MINEFIELD
WALKING AROUND TIP TOEING ON EGGSHELLS
OPEN MOUTH INSERT FOOT. WONDERING IF I SHOULD
KEEP MY TRAP SHUT OR SAY HOW I REALLY FEEL
FEELS LIKE I’M TAP DANCING IN A MINEFIELD
In the check out at Kroger buying groceries
Woman in line, bumps into me
Says I smiled wrong at her, poked me with her finger
There’s a fine line between being helpful
And causing somebody to go postal
Where that line is, is anybody’s guess
I can’t figure out
Should I just be a grouch
Chorus
FEELS LIKE I’M TAP DANCING IN A MINEFIELD
WALKING AROUND TIP TOEING ON EGGSHELLS
OPEN MOUTH INSERT FOOT.
WONDERING IF I SHOULD
KEEP MY TRAP SHUT OR SAY HOW I REALLY FEEL
FEELS LIKE I’M TAP DANCING IN A MINEFIELD