Favourite Shoes

from Ferry Lane EP by Will Riding

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A song written for my eldest son who has high functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Such children - and adults - find the world a seething mass of distracting inconsistencies and are easily overloaded. His first few years at high school were particularly difficult.
Song two in my "Footwear Trilogy"
© Will riding

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I just want to be in my favourite shoes, a jumbled up world’s not for me
I trip and I stumble
I easily bruise
So just let me be in my favourite shoes

I wake up in the morning; count up to ten
Get myself ready and count down again
Squaring off circles and straightening lines
Helps me to get through the day

I don’t step on cracks; I don’t eat red food
In a colourful world of black and white rules
There’s safety in numbers and regular times
When you see through these eyes

There’s a spring to my step; a smile on my face
‘Cos inside my head is a magical space
Where the bullies can’t reach me and jump on my toes;
The names they use can’t reach my ears

© Will Riding

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from Ferry Lane EP, released April 29, 2016

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Will Riding Chester

A Lancashire born, Chester based singer-songwriter with a deft and playful turn of phrase and acoustic/folk sensibilities inspired by, amongst other things, 70’s Children’s TV.

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