I'm Not Afraid to Make Mistakes

Compilation Bootleg: The Lost Tapes - Vol 2
Live Bootleg: The Rex Club 1985
The Lost Tapes - Vol 2

Lyrics

[A little ducks and a little doll
It's time to say something to really embarrass them all

You tell a joke but no one laughed
You asked a question they did not dare ask

So you make a mistake
That's ok
Cause you got to try new things
You can't be scared

So we have this little song
In the key of G

And it's called
I'm not Afraid to make mistakes
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers]

A little touch and a little gall
This time you really embarrassed them all
You told a joke and no one laughed
You danced when they did not dance

So you made a mistake
I know it stinks
But you can't be scared
To try new things

And I'm not afraid
To make mistakes
Anyhow

Yeah

A little call and a little trucks
This time they really think you're nuts
The way you walk like no one does
The way you do stuff just because

So you make a mistake
And let's say it hurts
For playing big stakes
Is so much worse
I'm not afraid to make mistakes anyhow

Asa gonna rock you one time

A little guts and a little gall
This time you really embarrassed them all
Told that joke and no one laughed
Ask what they did not get asked

So you made a mistake
I know it hurts
But playing things safe
Is so much worse
And I'm not afraid to make mistakes anyhow

No
No I'm not afraid of making mistakes

The Rex Club 1985

Lyrics

A little, a little ??? and a little ???
A little duck [now we're in[[key]]]

A little ducks and a little ???
This time you really embarrassed them all
You told a joke when no one laughed
You asked a question you weren't supposed to ask

So you make a mistake
But that's okay
Cause you got to try new things some kind of way
And I'm not afraid to make mistakes anyhow

A little ??? and a little ???
This time they really think you're nuts
You did a thing that no one has done
And you do it, just because

So you make a mistake
???
Playing it safe is so much worse
And I'm not afraid to make mistakes anyhow

???

Yeah

[??? Nice guitar ???]

A little ??? and a little ???
This time you really embarrassed them all
You told a joke when no one laughed
They all wish that you'd just shut up

So you make a mistake
But that's not bad
Cause playing it safe
Is twice that sad
And I'm not afraid to make mistakes anyhow

[Asa, take a bridge]

A little ??? and a little ???
This time they really think you're nuts
The way you walk like no one does
The way you do things just because

So you make a mistake
That's all right
If playing it safe makes you too uptight
And I'm not afraid to make mistakes, and I never was