[Verse 1]
I seen the boxes pile up high
By the loading dock in the heat
Forklift glass and busted rain
And a red name on every seat
You talk real big till the night gets still
Then your teeth start tasting fear
I was born where the hard roads bend
I ain't moved by the smear
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your chin up, keep it tight
That grin won't save you here
One wrong word, one bad turn
And the whole yard leans in near
[Chorus]
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Say it soft when you come around
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Truth got a way of striking down
[Verse 2]
My uncle wore a steel-toe scar
From a bar fight back in June
My mama said, "Boy, count your breaths
When the room goes quiet too soon"
There's a kind of man who loves his talk
Till the floorboards start to shake
He'll laugh too loud, he'll spit too far
Then he learn what nerves can take
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your chin up, keep it tight
That grin won't save you here
One wrong word, one bad turn
And the whole yard leans in near
[Chorus]
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Say it soft when you come around
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Truth got a way of striking down
[Verse 3]
I drove past the plant at dawn
Saw the black bags in the rain
Creek water cold as a Bible page
And a silence full of names
No hero comes to clean that up
No prayer can smooth that steel
So I keep my rage in a clenched-up fist
And let it teach what's real
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your chin up, keep it tight
That grin won't save you here
One wrong word, one bad turn
And the whole yard leans in near
[Chorus]
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Say it soft when you come around
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Truth got a way of striking down
[Verse 4]
Now the moon hangs low on the gravel lot
Like a coin in a dirty palm
You can bring your pride, bring your pretty lies
But they won't keep you calm
I got scars like roads on a county map
And a voice like broken wire
So if you came for smoke, you better pray
You don't wake the fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your chin up, keep it tight
That grin won't save you here
One wrong word, one bad turn
And the whole yard leans in near
[Chorus]
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Say it soft when you come around
Watch your mouth
Watch your mouth
Truth got a way of striking down
[Outro]
Watch your mouth
(Watch your mouth)
Watch your mouth
(Watch your mouth)