Words Are Medicine

For the light sleeper, street sweeper

Promise breaker, promise keeper

The astronaut, the acrobat

The underdog who is coming back

Maybe you’re Hooked On Phonics or Mary Jane

Coca Cola or cocaine

We’re just a different kind of the same, yeah

Sticks and stones will break you

But words are medicine, words are medicine

When I’m black and blue, broken and bruised

I hear your voice again, words are medicine

The beautician, mortician

The blinded sided, the night vision

The baptized, the chicken fried

Boomer Sooner, or the unforgiven

For the girl who’s is lost in romance novels

To the guy who’s hiding behind whiskey goggles

We’re just a different kind of the same, yeah

Sticks and stones can break you

But words are medicine, words are medicine

When you’re black and blue, broken and bruised

Hear my voice again, words are medicine

It’s I do. I will

I believe in you still

I have a dream, Imagine

A shiny city on a hill

I’m sorry. Forgive me

I love you, I love you

Words are medicine, words are medicine

When you’re black and blue, broken and bruised

Hear my voice again

Words are medicine, words are medicine

When we’re black and blue, broken and bruised

I hear your song my friend

Words are medicine, words are medicine