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 hurting no one

Just a bang, bang rollin' off your tongue

(I 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

(I wish words were like little toy guns)

And just a bang, bang rollin' off your tongue

(I wish words were like little toy guns)

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 scorecard

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

(I 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

(I wish words like were little toy guns)

And just a bang, bang rollin' off your tongue

(I 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 hurtin' no one

Just a bang, bang rollin' off your tongue

(I 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

(I wish words were like little toy guns)

And just a bang, bang rollin' off your tongue

(I wish words were like little toy guns)

Toy guns

Oh, like little toy guns