HOOT and Hollers

HOOT and Hollers

Calculated Risk

Story Behind The Song

The song is about every guy's fear of asking a girl out. The fear of getting shut down. The fear of rejection.

Song Description

The song is about every guy's fear of asking a girl out. The fear of getting shut down. The fear of rejection. The lyric is a conversation most guys go through in their heads as they try to get their courage up to engage in conversation, to ask for a date. As far as the culture has come, it is still a guy's prerogative to initiate.

Song Length 3:41 Genre Rock - General, Rock - Alternative
Tempo Medium Fast (131 - 150) Mood Nervous
Subject Shyness Similar Artists Elvis Costello, The Cranberries
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

CALCULATED RISK

VERSE 1
Some guys build their courage
With some beer or wine
Others try to play it cool
They always have a line
My tongue isn't working
Bound up in a knot
I'm panicked and I'm hot!

CHORUS
I'll take a calculated risk
If I die inside I know I surely missed
Then I'll cross one more thing off my list
Just another boy hoping to get kissed
I took my shot
a calculated risk, a calculated risk

VERSE 2
Let me stop and catch my breath
and plan a strategy
So when I make my move,
it doesn't end in tragedy
Can I just say it
with my false composure
Naked in my exposure

CHORUS

VERSE 3
I've my head screwed on
My heart back in my chest
Doesn't matter how I do it
As long as it's my best
C'mon boy let's go
Ain't afraid of nothin'
Except that she'll say no

CHORUS

Lyrics Bob Hoot Music Bob Hoot
Producer Bob Hoot, Landon Arkens Performance Bob Hoot, guitar, vocals; Doug McLeod, bas; Dave McGuire, Drums; Harvey Briggs, guitar

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