[Verse 1]
Well, the booze in my blood runs fast and loud
And my brain shouts down to my mouth
Say whatever I think
Say it at him
And when the dam bursts open
And you're drowned out, boy
Better go outside sit in your boat and wait
Till you get washed away

[Chorus]
Hold onto your thumbs
Tighten your eyelids, uh-uh, uhuh
Lock up your ears, my dear
I'm verbal when I am loaded
Duck under that desk
Cover your neck, uh-uh uhuh
Thicken your skin as I begin
To shoot myself in the foot again

[Verse 2]
And as the body succumbs and my mouth goes numb
I limp out to the sound
Of the breaking of broken toes
A vandal spoke
And in the stark and the sobering dry sunlight
I will blink my eyes and hope the blink can erase
All the shit that I said
And did
[Chorus]
Hold onto your thumbs
Tighten your eyelids, uh-uh, uhuh
Lock up your ears, my dear
I'm verbal when I am loaded
Duck under that desk
Cover your neck, uh-uh, uhuh
Thicken your skin as I begin
To shoot myself in the foot again

[Bridge]
And if I shoot at you
You should shoot at me, too
And we can drown in pools
Of the thick dark words we threw
And as my face turns white
I apologize, I am sorry
It's not your fault
It's mine

[Chorus]
Hold onto your thumbs
Tighten your eyelids, uh-uh, uhuh
Lock up your ears, my dear
I'm verbal when I am loaded
Duck under that desk
Cover your neck, uh-uh uh-uuuh
Thicken your skin as I begin
To shoot myself in the foot again