If I Could Only Kill a Word (Josh Abbott song with Elle King and Peter Dinklage)

If I Could Only Kill a Word is the 8th song played by Josh Abbott featuring Peter Dinklage and Elle King in the 11th album "Welcome to the Fishbowl". The 25th song in the Top 30 Marathon album is inside Disc 2.

Lyrics
[Verse 1: Josh Abbott]

If I could kill a word and watch it die

I'd poison "never," shoot goodbye

Beat "regret" when I felt I had the nerve

Yeah, I'd pound "fear" to a pile of sand

Choke "lonely" out with my bare hands

I'd hang "hate" so that it can't be heard

If I could only kill a word

[Verse 2: Elle King]

I'd take "brokeness" out back and break "heartbreak," stand there and laugh right in its face while shootin' it the bird

I'd put "upset" down in its place

I'd squeeze the life out of "disgrace"

Lay "over" under six cold feet of dirt

If I could only kill a word

[Both:]

Give me sticks, give stones

Bend my body, break my bones

Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue

Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay

But if were up to me to change

I'd turn "lies" and "hate" to "love" and "truth"

If I could only kill a word

[Verse 3: Peter Dinklage]

I'd knock out "temptation"'s teeth

I'd sever "evil," let it bleed then light up "wicked," stand and watch it burn

I'd take "vice" and I'd take "vile"

Tie 'em up there with "hostile"

Hang 'em high and leave 'em for the birds

If I could only kill a word

[Both, again:]

So give me sticks, give stones

Bend my body, break my bones

Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue

Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay

But if were up to me to change

I'd turn "lies" and "hate" to "love" and "truth"

If I could only kill a word (x2)