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OK, so earlier in the week I complained about people who say they write songs in 10 minutes, but this one from The Year of Longing Dangerously didn’t take much longer than that, actually. It pretty much fell out like the baby in that scene in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.Welcome to the world little song. Now shut up.

Incidentally, the song originally had a bridge that went “When does a child learn the careful touch? / When is he taught not to try for much?”

The lines provided the title of the song, but when I sang them I found they got in the way of the trumpet solo. Welcome to heaven, little lyrics.

Now shut up.

If I could stop making unsafe bets,
I could live without regrets
But taking chances appeals to me.
I like how danger feels to me.
I’d rather deal with what life deals to me.

If I could just stop being bold,
I could comfortably grow old
But I’ve seen the cautious and how they pray.
I can’t abide by the games they play.
I’d rather let the chips fall where they may.

They say it’s crazy to want that girl,
But it’s so crazy I just might give it a whirl.
I can’t be safe for safety’s sake.
She’s a chance I’m willing to take.
She’s a bet that I’m ready to make.