[06:09.00]You would have kept those words on your tongue
[06:09.00]If you had known the hurt they had done
[06:09.00]While your fists stay by, right by your side
[06:09.00]Your words they bruise me deep inside
[06:09.00]
[06:09.00]I'd rather have sticks and stones and broken bones
[06:09.00]Than the words you say to me
[06:09.00]'Cause I know bruises heal and cuts will seal
[06:09.00]But your words beat the life from me
[06:09.00]
[06:09.00]Sometimes your words are thick as lead
[06:09.00]You swing them strong upside my head
[06:09.00]But what hasn't killed has made me strong
[06:09.00]So I'll take my scars and move along
[06:09.00]
[06:09.00]Rather have sticks and stones and broken bones
[06:09.00]Than the words you say to me
[06:09.00]'Cause I know bruises heal and cuts will seal
[06:09.00]But your words beat the life from me
[06:09.00]
[06:09.00]Goodbye is the best way that I know
[06:09.00]To forgive and still be letting go
[06:09.00]
[06:09.00]I'd rather have sticks and stones and broken bones
[06:09.00]Than the words you say to me
[06:09.00]'Cause I know that bruises heal and cuts will seal
[06:09.00]But your words beat the life from me