Sticks and Stones Lyrics

Sticks and stones may break my bones

Blacken my eyes or bloody my nose

Beat me to a pulp from here to eternity

Shred my skin, Crack my bones

Leave my loved ones all alone

But words are the weapons

That bring me to my knees

Like a venomous snake It's fangs sink deep

Shoots the poison in, makes it fester and seep

How much damage done? It's hard to tell

It may bring my heart to fail,

Paralyze and make me frail

Words have the power to corrode me inside

The words I say have a part to play

They can be as sharp or dull as the day

Cut you like a knife, and leave you there to die

But like a surgeons scalpel blade,

Words can cut the filth away

Healing begins with words of different kind

With the wisdom that comes from above

Pure and gentle, bringing peace

When I'm not always hav-ing my own way

Love and mercy will increase

Words betray and bring dismay

To those who surround us day after day

Foot In our mouth and there it seems to stay

But we have to learn to slay

The words we wish would go away

Speak through Jesus caring loving way

But we become Satan's tool

And when we blast we become the fool

Our lips speak perverse lies

Ax others down to size

But when God's Spirit rules

Our words become rare Jewels

To enrich and bring blessings from above