If I could kill a word and watch it die
I'd poison up, shoot to fight
And beat regret when I felt I had to nerve
I'd pound fear into a pile of sand
So when only I had my bare hand
I'd hang hay so that it can't be heard
If I could only kill a word
I'd take brokenness out back
A brick, hot brick, stand there and laugh
Right in his face
By shooting at the bird
I'd put up, sit down in his place
I'd squeeze the life out of his strings
Lay over under six cold feet of dirt
If I could only kill a word
Give me sticks, give me 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 it were up to me to change
I'd turn lies and hate to love the truth
If I could only kill a word
If I knock out temptation's teeth
I'd sever him and let him bleed
Right up with a stand and watch him burn
And I'd take blaws, and I'd take fire
I'd throw them up there with horrible style
Hang them high and leave them for the birds
If I could on
Killer word
Give me a stick, give me a stone
Bend my body, break my bones
You stab me right, turn me black and blue
Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsee
But if it were up to me to change
I'd turn lies and hate to love the truth
If I could only kill a word
If I, if I could only
If I could only kill a word
If I could only
If I could only
Joanna Capp