[Verse]
I know the power of words
I know the toxin of words
They are not those that make
Theater boxes applaud
Words like that make coffins break out
Make them pace with their four oak legs
It happens they're thrown out
Not printed, not published

[Chorus]
But the word gallops
Its saddle girth tightened
It rings through the ages
And trains creep nearer to lick
Poetry's toil-hardened hands

[Verse]
Oh, I know the power of words
I know the toxin of words
They are not those that make
Theater boxes applaud
Words like that make coffins break out
Make them pace with their four oak legs
It happens they're thrown out
Not printed, not published
[Chorus]
But the word gallops
Its saddle girth tightened
It rings through the ages
And trains creep nearer to lick
Poetry's toil-hardened hands

[Instrumental bridge]

[Verse]
I know the power of words
I know the toxin of words
They are not those that make
Theater boxes applaud
Words like that make coffins break out
Make them pace with their four oak legs
It happens they're thrown out
Not printed, not published

[Chorus]
But the word gallops
Its saddle girth tightened
It rings through the ages
And trains creep nearer to lick
To lick poetry's toil-hardened hands