Think... Before you open your mouth And let your brains spill out You might ruin a decent day Just because you've got nothing good to say Why don't you curb your tongue Before the damage is done And with your ignorance revealed Think how bad you'll feel The only problem is There has to be a problem You can't please everyone It's always something And you don't want to know what people really think about you Put away your poison darts And your ironic remarks It does matter in the end Except you'll have to make amends And when you know you've been a jerk Think how it's gonna hurt The only problem is There has to be a problem You can't please everyone It's always something And you don't want to know what people really think about you The message of this song is a lesson for us all You can't say something nice don't say anything at all If silence is golden then you ought to try it out Cause it's hard to complain with your foot in your mouth Think... you ought to curb your tongue Think... before the damage is done Think... you might ruin a nice day Think before you say what you say