In between the coats
in the closet
She held on to that
heart-shaped locket
Starin' at a family flawless
But it ain't a pretty
picture tonight
Mom and daddy
just won't stop it
Fightin' at the drop
of a faucet
Cuts through the walls
catastrophic
She's caught
in the crossfire
Puts her hands over her ears
Starts talkin' through the tears
And she's sayin'
And she's prayin'
I wish words were like
little toy guns
No sting
No hurtin' no one
Just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
Yeah no smoke
No bullets
No kick from the trigger
when you pull it
No pain
No damage done
And just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
Wish there was
a white flag wavin'
Or that they were both
just fakin'
And it was just a game
they were playin'
Like shoot 'em up cowboys
Leave the plastic pistols
in the front yard
Throw away the score card
And just turn off all the noise
I wish words were like
little toy guns
No sting
No hurtin' no one
Just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
Yeah no smoke
No bullets
No kick from the trigger
when you pull it
No pain
No damage done
And just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
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 eah eah eah
Like little toy guns
No sting
No hurtin' no one
Just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
Yeah eah eah eah
No smoke no bullets
No shot from the trigger
when you pull it
No pain
No damage done
And just a bang bang
Rollin' off your tongue
Toy guns
Oh like little toy guns