Babble On

<br>What was that crack I made?<br>Swung a hammer wrapped in suede?<br>Like a lick from a lunatic beatnick<br>Knock you senseless as I Babble On<br>I strike between the lines<br>Hissing words in serpentine<br>Backbiter with an appetite<br>I coil and I rattle,<br>Then I Babble On<br>Every time I add a line,<br>I wish I could subtract.<br>Too late to take it back<br>Conversations in veneer<br>Sand `em down,<br>They`re insincere<br>Off guard,<br>Better check the cue card<br>Got ghostwriters for my Babble On<br>So I communicate<br>Intending to humiliate<br>On attack with a cardiac comeback<br>You take shelter,<br>I take Babble On<br>Every time I add a line,<br>I wish I could subtract.<br>Too late to take it back<br>And if talk is cheap<br>The price is high<br>When I let another arrow fly<br>Better to be seen and never heard<br>Then to Babble On with every word<br>What was that crack I made?<br>File a claim with medicaid<br>All my rumors spread like tumors<br>Tale and tattle,<br>Rant and rattle on<br>Ugly as the sun it is<br>Sold out to the slander biz<br>Gotta keep the tongue in line<br>Even fools seem wiser off the Babble On<br>Every time I add a line,<br>I wish I could subtract.<br>Too late to take it back<br>And if talk is cheap<br>The price is high<br>When I let another arrow fly<br>Better to be seen and never heard<br>Then to Babble On with every word<br>And if talk is cheap<br>Then why the thrill in an<br>Idle tongue that fires at will?<br>Better to be silent and be strong<br>Then to let my babble Babble On<br>Then to let my babble Babble On<br>Then to Babble On<br>James 12:18<br>Proverbs 12:18<br>Proverbs 17:28