Do you check your boots for bats
Do you check the bush for bears
Do you scan the trees for bobcats
who might catch you unawares?
Do you lock the house up tight
when you go to town
do you fear the intentions of
the folks who come around?
Do you catch the eye of strangers
do you give a friendly smile
or looking down you scan the ground
in a closed off, arm's length style?
When your gate is open,
your front door left unlocked
You are exposed to the hungry wolf
who would kill your waiting flock.
But friend and foe both knock alike
to answer is just that
I open the door to one and all
But I check my boots for bats.
Do you check the bush for bears
Do you scan the trees for bobcats
who might catch you unawares?
Do you lock the house up tight
when you go to town
do you fear the intentions of
the folks who come around?
Do you catch the eye of strangers
do you give a friendly smile
or looking down you scan the ground
in a closed off, arm's length style?
When your gate is open,
your front door left unlocked
You are exposed to the hungry wolf
who would kill your waiting flock.
But friend and foe both knock alike
to answer is just that
I open the door to one and all
But I check my boots for bats.
