Wrote a song about ASD. Should I sing it at a coffeehouse?

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I've done a song I wrote about ASD at an open mic a few times before, but mine is somewhat abstract, and looks at the concept through metaphors. It's a sort of "looking up to someone, asking why they can't be the same, and why they're being forced to conform to their social image", which slightly bugs me because it could be interpreted many ways, and could easily be misconstrued as questioning God.

I think it's a very good song, I love the piano, very emotional as someone else said!
Are you sure you want to sing it in such a low tone though? you voice does go down this low , but I can feel it's more at ease in the highest places, you can really afford to tone it up (sorry if my english is not right, here). Plus people react better to higher pitches, and your voice is so pretty when you sing higher, it sounds more assured and natural.

Edit (cause I have the song on repeat here :p ) : really I LOVE your voice when it climbs. It reminds me of a mountain scenery or something, something really fresh and pure. I stand by my advice and think you should move the song up, and I am SO annoyed that i know no musical terms because I can hear the result in my mind argh. what my thoughts translate to is "not one or two but one and a half", so, it probably means nothing .

I knew I heard Sondheim influences in your song.

Go BIG or don't go at all!

Let us know how your performance went!

ediself, the range that I wrote the song in is actually where I am most comfortable singing. I'm a baritone/bass, and have a lot of trouble with high notes. The highest note I can hit right now is the D above middle C - and even that is hard for me. I don't sound good up there. I'm hoping that as my voice continues to change I'll regain access to the higher notes. Also, it's an easy key to play the piano in, A minor and C major.

I sang the song today.

The coffee house in general was ok. I kind of hung around the edges at the beginning because I didn't know many people there and my friends were setting up stuff. I helped them a little but mostly they had it covered. My one friend told me to "Go! Mingle!" If only it were that easy, huh?

I felt pretty awkward in the beginning, because I was watching another friend effortlessly launch into conversation with people she didn't even know.

When I actually got to sit at the piano and play and sing I felt better. Nervous, but more at home on the piano bench than I ever felt in a room full of people.

I got some good comments on the song. I don't think everyone understood it the way I meant it, my voice teacher was in the audience and he decoded people's reactions for me and said that one person found the "all you hear is blah blah blah blah" line funny, which I guess is one way to take it, but the line was borne from the frustration of always talking about things that other people tune out.

But at least I did it. I'm trying not to be too down on myself for the social awkwardness.

Dots hurray for you. You did it, you performed your song. Cheers loudly.

As Woody Allen once said," Eighty percent of success is showing up."

So congratulations!

can you post or send me the lyrics?

I think its great, and you should perform it.