In between the coats in the closet, she held on to that heart-shaped locket
Staring at a family, flawless, but it ain't a pretty picture tonight
Mom and daddy just won't stop it, fighting at the drop of a faucet
Cuts through the walls, catastrophic, she's caught in the crossfire
Puts her hands over her ears, starts talking through the tears
She's saying, and she's praying
I wish words were like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no kick from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Wish there was a white flag waving, or that they were both just faking
And it was just a game they were playing, like shoot-'em-up cowboys
Leave the plastic pistols in the front yard, throw away the scorecard
And just turn off all the noise
I wish words were like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no kick from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Toy guns
Oh, I wish they didn't cut like a knife, I wish they didn't break you inside
I wish they didn't bang, bang, make you wanna run
Yeah, like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no shot from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Toy guns
Oh, like little toy guns
