Spit Ball

    Today's SONG TO CHEW is "Spit Ball" from my "Camping With Dads" album.  My eleven-year-old grandaughter, Quinnlyn, sings it with me.  It's about escalation and revenge.  At school, we used to chew up paper, make it gooey, then flick it on our finger at another kid, who then flicked their own spit balls back at us.  It was gross and mostly boys who did it.  Kids may not know the word "escalation", but all we need to do, ... is describe how someone starts with a shove, and the person who gets shoved feels attacked and shoves back harder.  Then the first person wants to "get even", ... so they shove or hit back even harder, that's called "escalation".  Kids understand that concept.  This is a song about how we can stop that process.  As Quinn sings, ... "I know revenge is wrong, but if I do something back, I know we'll never get along!  So it 'stops with me', 'cause when no one takes the blame, we all do the same things over, and over, and things always end the same!"    Thanks for stopping by SONGS TO CHEW.  If you'd like to help me sponsor it, you can support my music by going to Patreon.com and becoming one of my patrons.  Let your friends know about this podcast and my newest CAMPING WITH DADS album, ... or recommend any of my other albums that you might have enjoyed.  They're all still available as download or CDs. I'll be back again next week with another SONG TO CHEW.  Be safe.  Don't forget to vote early. Bye for now. * https://peteralsop.hearnow.com ~ my NEW! CAMPING WITH DADS album* E-mail/ Website ~ [email protected] ~ www.peteralsop.com * FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop* Youtube.com/peteralsop ~ videos* Patreon.com/peteralsop ~ support my music, podcast & other artistic endeavors* Songs To Chew ~ subscribe - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 * CDs & downloads ~https://play.google.com/store/music/collection/cluster?clp=sgMjCiEKG0FwYm1uNHBnMmV3NDVtY2tsa3dvZzR0aHN0cRADGAI%3D%3AS%3AANO1ljLvD7o&gsr=CiayAyMKIQobQXBibW40cGcyZXc0NW1ja2xrd29nNHRoc3RxEAMYAg%3D%3D%3AS%3AANO1ljLfKDA&fbclid=IwAR0rgDfA5z6CrrxsADzPOfMEde8EyqPp6LZjWH1gqAJJ92OXlQ96jRpLNpk  Get full access to Peter Alsop’s Substack at peteralsop.substack.com/subscribe