What was that crack I made?

Swung a hammer wrapped in suede

Like a lick from a lunatic beatnik

Knock you senseless as I babble on

I strike between the lines

Hissing words in serpentine

Backbiter with an appetite

I coil and rattle, then I babble on



Every time I add a line

I wish I could subtract

Too late to take it back



Conversations in veneer

Sand 'em down, they're insincere

Off guard, better check the cue card

Got ghostwriters for my babble on

So I communicate

Intending to humiliate

On attack with a cardiac comeback

You take shelter, I take babble on



Every time I add a line

I wish I could subtract

Too late to take it back



And if talk is cheap, the price is high

When I let another arrow fly

Better to be seen and never heard

Than to babble on with every word



What was that crack I made?

File a claim with Medicaid

All my rumors spred like tumors

Tale and tattle, rant and rattle on

Ugly as the sin it is

Sold out to the slander biz

Gotta keep the tongue in line

Even fools seem wiser off the babble on



Every time I add a line

I wish I could subtract

Too late to take it back



And if talk is cheap, the price is high

When I let another arrow fly

Better to be seen and never heard

Than to babble on with every word

And if talk is cheap, then why the thrill

In an idle tongue that fires at will?

Better to be silent and be strong

Than to let my babble babble on

Than to let my babble babble on

Than to babble on