Think Before You Speak

[Verse 1]
I come home with a ring of keys
and a mouth full of poison rain
I mean to kiss you clean
then I say the thing again

You lean back in the doorway light
like you already know the crime
You say, “Think of what you said”
“Don’t do it one more time”

[Chorus]
Think before you speak
Think before you speak
I love you more than you can see
(think before you speak)

I’m trying to be your man
Not the fool I sometimes am
Think before you speak
and stay with me

[Verse 2]
When the train takes me out of town
I wear your name like a bruise
Every mile is a quiet room
where I’ve got nothing to do

I count the hours with my thumb
on a cracked-up windowpane
And I miss the way you laugh
like the summer after rain

[Chorus]
Think before you speak
Think before you speak
I love you more than you can see
(think before you speak)

I’m trying to be your man
Not the fool I sometimes am
Think before you speak
and stay with me

[Verse 3]
And when you’re back inside my arms
the whole world falls into place
Your head on my shoulder
and that soft, forgiving face

We talk about the little things
the dog, the bills, the floor
Then I blurt some stupid line
and you roll your eyes some more

[Bridge]
But you love me, you say you do
you just wish I’d slow it down
Wish I’d hold my tongue in time
before I let you down

So teach me again tonight
I’ll learn it if I can
I’d rather lose a foolish word
than lose you, hand in hand

[Chorus]
Think before you speak
Think before you speak
I love you more than you can see
(think before you speak)

I’m trying to be your man
Not the fool I sometimes am
Think before you speak
and stay with me