Minefield

I might get myself in trouble

Keeping you here in this bubble

Pink and soft and safe and warm

Since the day that you were born

Hide the scissors and the matches

Hurry, batten down the hatches

Lock the doors and pad the walls

Seal the windows, nail the bolts

How can I tell you the world's not only beautiful?

After all, it's a minefield out there

Please be mindful to take care

In a minefield, it can be a minefield

A-B-C-D, one, two, three, four

Off to school then out the front door

Love and loss, hope and despair

All waiting for you out there

How can I tell you the world's not only beautiful?

After all, it's a minefield out there

Please be mindful to take care

In a minefield, it can be a minefield

Run, run for cover, there's an incoming coming

An incoming coming coming

Head for the river, it will always deliver

It's the only thing I know

To dive in and go with the flow

Here's the knife, go ahead, sever

All these ties until whenever

You might want to come back home

You'll be fine out there alone

Now I can tell you the world's not only beautiful

After all, it's a minefield out there

Please be mindful to take care

In a minefield, it can be a minefield out there