Sticks and Stones

Sticks and stones can break my bones
Lies can break my heart
Before you fire your poison tongue
Contemplate the scar
Forest lie in ruin
From a careless flame
This is our undoing
The tongue cannot be tamed
Oh, the tongue cannot be tamed

Ships upon the seven seas
Driven by the wind
Mastered by the pilot's hand
Submission in the end
He can turn the wheel one-handed
And the course is easily changed
It's hard to understand it
Why the tongue cannot be tamed
Oh, the tongue cannot be tamed

Fresh water from an unclean well, no
Fruit growing on a dying tree
No, it'll never be
The same breath, one then the other
Blessing and cursing
We praise God then abuse one another
I tell ya, this ought not be, no, no
I tell ya, this ought not be, no, no

Break the wild one, draw the reign
Bid him do your will
Yoke the oxen to the chain
Cultivate the hill
Beast and every creature
Move at your command
But who will be the teacher
Of the wayward tongue of man
It's a wayward tongue
(You know it is)

Fresh water from an unclean well, no, no
Fruit growing on a dying tree
No, it'll never be
The same breath, one then the other
Blessing and cursing
We praise God then abuse one another
Oh, I tell ya, this ought not be, no

Fresh water from an unclean well
No, no, no
Fruit growing on a dying tree
No, it'll never be
The same breath, one then the other
Blessing and cursing
We praise God then abuse one another
Oh, I tell ya, this ought not be, no, no, no
Ought not be, no, no
Ought not be, no, no

I tell ya, this ought not be
Stick and stones can break my bones
Lies can break my heart
Lies can break my heart
Stick and stones can break my bones
Lies can break my heart

No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no