Kill a Word

Album: Mr. Misunderstood (2015)
Charted: 71
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  • If I could kill a word and watch it die
    I'd poison never, shoot goodbye
    Beat regret when I felt I had the nerve
    Yeah, I'd pound fear to a pile of sand
    Choke lonely out with my bare hands
    I'd hang hate so that it can't be heard
    If I could only kill a word

    I'd take brokenness out back
    And break heartbreak, stand there and laugh
    Right in its face while shootin' it the bird
    I'd put upset down in its place
    I'd squeeze the life out of disgrace
    Lay over under six cold feet of dirt
    If I could only kill a word

    Give me sticks, give stones
    Bend my body, break my bones
    Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
    'Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay
    But if were up to me to change
    I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth
    If I could only kill a word

    I'd knock out temptation's teeth
    I'd sever evil, let it bleed
    Then light up wicked, stand and watch it burn
    I'd take vice and I'd take vile
    And tie 'em up there with hostile
    Hang 'em high and leave 'em for the birds
    If I could only kill a word

    So give me sticks, give stones
    Bend my body, break my bones
    Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue
    'Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay
    But if were up to me to change
    I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth
    If I could only kill a word
    If I could only kill a word Writer/s: Charles Lucas Ian Dick, Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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