Sticks & Stones

When we look for the words to say
 Say the cat's gone and taken them away
 But then there's no excuses left
 For those that escape
 Can't undo them
 No, no
 Could anyone this mystery
 See so kindly to explain to me
 How all kinds of creatures upon this land
 Have been tamed by man
 But our tongue can't
 No, our tongue can't, no
 It's to our shame
 That the tongue can't be tamed
 When words fly away from our tongue
 Like bullets fired from the end of a gun
 We wish that we could somehow
 Bring them back again
 Can't undo them
 No, it's too late then
 We can't undo them
 Once they leave our tongue
 The damage is done
 The damage is done
 We place the bit in the horse's mouth
 A tiny rudder turns the big ship about
 But show me a man who can put the fire out
 That careless words start
 No one can
 And sticks and stones may break my bones
 Or so I think the saying goes
 But careless words wound the heart of a friend
 We can't undo them
 It's too late then
 Can't undo them
 No, it's too late then