Carrie Underwood - Little Toy Guns Lyrics






In between the coats in the closet
She held on to that heart-shaped locket
Staring at a family, flawless
But it ain't a pretty picture tonight

Mom and daddy just won't stop it
Fighting at the drop of a faucet
Cuts through the walls, catastrophic
She's caught in the crossfire

Puts her hands over her ears
Starts talking through the tears
And she's saying, and she's praying

I wish words were like little toy guns
No sting, no hurt no one
Just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets
No kick from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)

Wish there was a white flag waving
Or that they were both just faking
And it was just a game they were playing
Like shoot-'em-up cowboys

Leave the plastic pistols in the front yard
Throw away the scorecard
And just turn off all the noise

I wish words were like little toy guns
No sting, no hurt no one
Just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets
No kick from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done
(I wish words like were little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)

Toy guns

Oh, I wish they didn't cut like a knife
I wish they didn't break you inside
I wish they didn't bang, bang
Make you wanna run...

Yeah, like little toy guns
No sting, no hurt no one
Just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets
No shot from the trigger when you pull it
No pain, no damage done
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
And just a bang, bang rolling off your tongue
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Toy guns

Oh, like little toy guns





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  1. B.... D....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  2. A.... C....

    This song remains me of my mom and step dad.... They fight over small things like my baby brother getting hurt

    A.... C....

    OOOOOOOF
    SKSKSKSKSKSKSK

  3. S.... C....

    Super powerful. Every single one of her songs gives me chills for some reason.

  4. T.... N....

    Parents have to realize that it's not healthy to fight around your kids. It could scar them for life

  5. K.... H....

    I always thought it was "No Pain, No Damnation" but apparently it was "No pain, No Damage Done" seriously though with the way she sings that's what it sounded like to me.

  6. M.... B....

    I relate to this song...but not through my parents. Through my whole family. I hear my mother and grandmother, my aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. Always fighting around me and it always ends up badly. It’s been this way ever since I was a little girl. It hurts even more because I’m the one the adults vent to because I’m the most mature kid in the family...

  7. B.... S....

    Relatable

  8. L.... ....

    " mom and daddy just won ' t STOP IT , fighting at the drop of a faucet . cuts through the walls - CATASTROPHIC - , she ' s caught in the crossfire . "


    not to make a sob story or anything , but i remember listening to this song years ago and relating to it so much . i was around eight , nine , or maybe even younger ( yes , guidelines on youtube are fourteen FOR ACCOUNTS . i didn ' t have one back then ) and relating to this song so much .


    my mother constantly - and i mean constantly - argued with my step - father ( she left my dad when we were two because bad things happened ( she won ' t say ) and they argued , too ) . most of the time it ended in the door to their bedroom being slammed by my mother , and she would be upset for the rest of the night . they couldn ' t go two hours without fighting and it hurt me all the time , because even at a young age i knew what all it meant . they never stopped . never filtered it . i could always hear it through the walls and the door and i always cried because of it all .
    now that i ' m older , things have gotten worse . she broke up with my uncle , got with a scum - of - the - earth douchebag , fought with him , got with an offensive PRICK , then got back with my step - father . now i have the courage to stand up for myself ( though it ' s a series of week attempts ) and she argues with me . not only that , but i constantly go to the bathroom to cry because everything just gets worse and she doesn ' t understand .
    i now have severe depression and am fighting not wanting to give up . i know to a lot of you this will sound like a cry for attention but it ' s really not . this is me being completely honest . i also have a major fear of confrontation and hate yelling . i have to take medicine because even a little bit of screaming hurts my head ( wasn ' t always that way ) and i ' m scared to go see my own mother .
    so ( future ) parents , please PLEASE put your children before yourself . at least in this aspect . because what you do and say in their young years , they will never , ever forget . they may forget the words and the actions , but they will NOT forget the hurt . they just won ' t .
    thank you for reading this .

  9. R.... A....

    I do really wish that because I'm actually the one between the coats in the closet.....

    Every time you hurt I hurt too

    Oh Mickey what a pity you don't understand.... understand

  10. S.... H....

    Listen all of u wonderful people who can relate to this, I'm sorry that u had to go through this shit. It's not right and I just want u to know that there is always someone u can talk to, hell u can even talk to me through this app. I can even begin to imagine what has happened to u guys. But I just want u to know that u are never truly alone, and u should always have someone to talk to. And it's ok to cry, everyone needs to cry now and then. But dont keep the hurt inside, cuz if u never tell anyone the hurt is just gonna get worse. So, I hope u are ok, and I hope that u get better, and I also hope u have someone to talk to about the shit that u have been through. I love u guys, and I hope u have a good life.💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

  11. B.... S....

    I'm listening to this before my social surveys worker comes to my house and possibly take me and my brother away and put my dad in jail for being abusive and hes an alcoholic I need support

  12. L.... J....

    Man im so thankful for all 4 of my siblings when we were all little we had some bad things happen to us and we would have to sit there and watch that stuff screaming fighting arguing but they broke up we lived with our mom who went out every weekend and got drunk and did stupid crap but she met Grizzly thats what we call him is niw are stepdad and when they met she stoped acting wild like that and my oldest sister is now 18 about to 19 and my oldest brother is 16 and my other sister is 14 about to be 15 and me who is 11 and my little sister whois 10 we aren't perfect we still have rough times here and there but we are happy now with our amazing stepdad

  13. Q.... a....

    I broke they re-play button.

    Q.... a....

    You can't do that dumbass

  14. c.... g....

    My parents got divorced on my cousin's wedding day. I remember my mom asking which parent i wanted to live with. How i wish i wasn't so nieve.😔

    c.... g....

    Ooooooooof

  15. J.... C....

    I love this song

  16. A.... G....

    someone threatened to kill me with this song

  17. E.... D....

    *brings out little gun from men in black* its just a harmless littl-




    *blows up a car with it* OK THIS IS NOT A HARMLESS LITTLE PISTOL

  18. M.... H....

    Me an my mom would argue a lot and I think my grandma wished that these words would be like a little toy gun

  19. G.... S....

    This legit just happened to me, I was in my closet while step mom and dad fighting over me..

  20. R.... C....

    This song is for you, "father"

  21. T.... M....

    This was my song when I was younger when you have one parent who’s and alcoholic and another who won’t leave his sorry ass you hear a lot of it but that’s ok I stay away as much as possible so I don’t have to hear it oh there supposed to be happy now🙄

  22. K.... k....

    Hits too close to home but I truly love this song ❤

  23. C.... F....

    I up set because my daddy keeps fighting with my mom

  24. L.... B....

    Waw so sad I cant blev this epeshly win is plad on my brthay😢

  25. J.... H....

    When you meet the real guns words are nothing

  26. K.... M....

    My parents fight all the time I'm only 11 but I go in the middle of it so they ether hurt me or stop but sometimes they just walk away and continue so I go to my yard at the back and sit and cry

  27. D.... F....

    Ever since I was little my brothers always fought yelling and screaming while my mom had to work till 7:00 so I was left to hear them and do nothing but cry and whenever I needed something like someone to cook food for me cuz I didn't really know how to my brothers would just tell each other to do it and always ended up fighting so I just stopped asking because whenever I asked for one of my brothers to help me they would end up fighting now their surprised at me whenever I expect them to fight and one of them treats me like a two year old that knows nothing of the world and is just lying when they say they do and when my mom came home from work one of my brothers would just start fighting with her yelling and screaming and they act like I'm not even fazed by it but I don't blame them I became pretty good at hiding what I actually feel and I can't tell them because they'll just think I'm bringing up the past to start a fight

  28. K.... E....

    Anyone listening in 2019

  29. M.... N....

    what's hard about this is.. I'm verbally abused by my father and when I was little they used to fight alot and I sat next to the door and cried.. My dad is still verbally abusive and it's probably never gonna change. So this song is me and my mom's anthem. No child should ever go though what I went threw as a little girl.

  30. A.... H....

    crying this song has such s stong meaning

  31. E.... G....

    Im 11 turne 12 in a few months, and a my dad and my step mom argue alot with me and my little brother and my step brother right next to them, we all like my dad better and we never cried when they argued because we knew he would win like always, but a few years ago ( my real mom and my dad got divorced when i was a baby) my mom wanted me home a few hours earlier cause i spend Tuesdays and Fridays at his house, so he didnt like the idea and flipped , he started yelling at her and slapped her, i was crying and cowering in the corner for hours, 2 weeks later at school they got a phone call saying a beat up a few kids cause i was scared and became a bully, then a few days later from that, they got a phone call from the hospital cause i jumped... i did in fact survive... i wish adults understood that we hear and see much more then they know and we’re smarter then they know

  32. h.... d....

    Some of you are lucky to have a good family I don't know my biological father he's been out of my life ever since I was 6 months old

  33. N.... C....

    I love the way the song is written but I hate that kids go through that everyday. Is our society really getting worse? Answer: yes it is

  34. K.... ....

    I hate this so much.

  35. B.... L....

    im crying

  36. J.... C....

    This song is the exact meaning of what my child hood was like and every time I listen to it I cry my eyes out

  37. Z.... ....

    i can relate to this is much
    my parents broke up a week before Christmas
    and im sexual abused to so yeah my life is crappy

  38. B.... S....

    My parents should've divorced years ago, when dad's drinking got worse. It should've ended when he started leaving every weekend because he hates seeing her face.
    She's never been on her own. She doesn't know where to go. She stays because she doesn't know anything else.

  39. J.... S....

    I can relate to this cuz when I was 6,7,8 yrs old my mom and dad used to fight all the time and now I live with my grandparents, and I think that is the best place for me.

  40. M.... H....

    going through this now..

    M.... H....

    Oof that's funny

  41. K.... B....

    I remember being probably 3 or 5 and hearing my mom and step dad fight at night. She wanted us to have a full family, then he started being more mean to my older brother and me. I told my mom some of the things and when I was 10 she filed a divorce and she's single but I stopped being so mute to everyone. It's nicer in my house now.

  42. A.... L....

    words are like little toy guns dont let the others get to you

  43. L.... ....

    I can relate to this so much. My step dad and mom fight often over the smallest things, I already lost one parent to divorce and when my little brother said, " Sissy, am I going to be like you? " He meant be like me without my dad here right by me. I've never cried so much in my life. It hurts to see little children go through this and if I could, I would save every child suffering through this.

  44. E.... S....

    :( If only

  45. C.... D....

    I can relate to it so bad.

    One time my parents got in the worst fight ever.
    My dad took his coat and left.
    He didn't come home until about 1:00 AM.
    I started crying.
    I was scared.
    Nervous.
    Every emotion hitting me at one second.
    My mom saw me crying. She said: "Stop crying!"
    I stopped.
    She said "I'm sorry" then did the dishes.
    I ran to my room.
    Hugging my favorite stuffed animal, I quietly prayed they wouldn't get in a divorce.
    I am depressed.
    And still scared.
    I haven't heard them fight for atleast 2-10 months.
    But they might still fight.

    C.... D....

    Oof wheeze
    Thats hilarious xD

  46. m.... h....

    I love this song like if u agree

  47. B.... W....

    I love this song and relate so much to it. My parents always fought and my mom told me that they didn't start arguing till I was born so I feel responsible

  48. S.... M....

    This is a song i woul and still listen to when my dad would get drunk or high and yell/Beats one of my sisters i would cry and cry and a song called DNA talks about a father or a mother i dont remember but i listen to both of those.

  49. B.... G....

    Who's listening in 2019?? 🙋

  50. K.... C....

    Me Mr we a end me Kelsey nice business or most her TT with

  51. A.... R....

    This is literary my favorite song and you are my favorite singer carrie underwood

  52. K.... M....

    Basically my family

  53. B.... S....

    When I was younger my parents got divorced because my mom was seeing someone else. (My dad was abusive to her when I was a baby so that's why she was seeing a different man). This man soon became my "step dad" (They didn't get married but he was the only father I ever knew). When I was about 4 he started using drugs and drinking alcohol every night. Sometimes when he came home really late him and my mother would argue and wake me up from all the yelling. He would hit her all the time and yell at me so much that everytime they fought my mom would give me her phone and tell me to go next door and call the police. (I was 6 or 7 during this part). He ended up going to jail for a couple months and then getting released..... He came back and got a new job right after I started 3rd grade. Soon after he started this job we had to move to S.C for it. I was so hurt because I had so many friends and I didn't want to move away from my family. When we moved they started arguing again and at this point I was in 4th grade. I would barely get any sleep every night because all they did was argue. I started to think that they would be better off without me. (I WAS IN 4TH GRADE THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE BECAUSE OF THIS). In school red ribbon week had finally come. My teacher started talking about alcohol, drugs, and abuse and at some point during that class I started crying so she told me to stay after class to talk to her. She asked me what was going on and I ended up telling her everything and I couldn't stop crying. She ended up calling the police who called DSS. I got taken away from my family to live with my dad who abused my mom when I was little so I was terrified. After a year I started 6th grade. One of my old friends came in contact with me and I was so happy but he wasn't. He told me that he was depressed and suicidal and told me not to tell anyone. Sometimes I had to keep him from comitting suicide at night when nobody else would. Our friendship ended up turning toxic and I started cutting. I tried to kill myself 3 times before being put in a hospital for the 1st time. last year in October I got put in the hospital again because I told my teacher that I wanted to die... (Both of the times going to the hospital were last year). Im in 7th grade about to go to 8th and I wish I could jump off a cliff and leave this place forever. Now I cry like every night and this song makes me even more upset because it makes me think of everything wrong with me and my life..... I honestly hate how I've turned out and what I've had to go through just to be extremely upset all the time.

    B.... S....

    I relate to this song because I had to cover my two little brother's and and little sister's ears step-dad ( never knew my real dad ) yelling always, never got enough sleep, and I am not allowed to see my (step) cousins anymore

  54. p.... d....

    Before my dad left us he would always have to be right so thats all they did was argue and then my step dad came into my life and at one point i told him i wanted to die bc of him so he pushed me and said i dont care if u die ur not my child and that hurt me really bad then i started cutting and they found out he still didnt care until i told the truth about what he did and when i did that i got abused and so did my mom and one day they wad fighting and i called the cop and he went to jail and now he back in our life but he cant move that much no more and i happy about that even tho he has a brain issue

  55. S.... B....

    I’m 20 years old now and I still break down hearing this song

  56. C.... L....

    2015. My parents started fighting. Hitting, screaming, punching, ect. My dad had to be physically restrained and sent to jail. My mom almost died. A few months later my dad apparently came back. They tried again but after a few more years, it fails. So they split up. This is where the Guardian came into our life. She's a bitch. A snake. I hate her. All she does is lie and cheat and fight. She made us get rid of our pets. and of course, it's my fault. Why? Because everything is my fault. Of course, I don't remember anything from before the Guardian came into our lives. The joys of blocking shit out. Yay. I only know what people have told me. But I doubt any of it is true. They can only lie and it pisses me off. So to all the parents who fight near their children, well done. You're going to fuck them up for life. Congratulations.

  57. A.... M....

    Unfortunately this song is so true, it hard when your parents r fighting

  58. J.... R....

    *18 years old*

  59. J.... R....

    I can relate because my mom and dad broke up. Similarly I am not aloud to see my moms boyfriend and I really miss him a lot. It breaks my heart and I wanna cry every time I think of him or my dad because my dad is the reason I can't see him until I am 18 years

  60. J.... T....

    I Love you Carrie Underwood soooooooooooooooooooooooooo very much <3 :-) :`-(

  61. A.... T....

    This brings me flashbacks when my mom and her ex would fight...constantly.
    Sometimes me and my brother would have to leave the house when it would get so bad. I would take him to the park and we would stay there for hours untill we thought it was safe enough to go home, sometimes id rather stay at school then go home becuase of this. I was sometimes scared to go home and I think so was my brother. One day when we got home from the park to escape the fight , I walked inside and saw glass was shattered. I was afraid he was gonna touch my mother and hurt her or even any of us. Much more happened when they were together but I’m glad he didn’t hurt us. I’m glad this is all over..I hope I never see his face ever again. And I hope we never will.

  62. T.... F....

    It's worse when the words are aimed at you and you cant do anything about it but suffer till you turn 18..

  63. c.... r....

    It hurts knowing this is relatable to me 😭

  64. J.... L....

    What hurts the most is when you have to hide in your room or closet and silently cry because if ur father hears you crying he will stop beating your mom and come after you

  65. G.... L....

    Okkkk. So I sung this ona discord server. It was on @hypercookiie s server for a game night.....?rljfbojbvksfjbvoejbvosirbvieenfoiwnefpiwndfpaienf
    Kcnnadjnadjndackjnwdkcj wdkch we. Omg I almost cried. They said they loved it 💔💔💔💔💔💔😍😍😍💔💔😍😍🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️Love ya Carrie!

  66. c.... i....

    Carrie you are the beeeesr🤣😃😄😅😀😁

  67. V.... F....

    .... FUCK .... It hurts so bad... She left. She's really gone. My mom left and never came back. Her drugs were more important. No, She isnt dead. She just chose a syringe over me. So much for being ur Baby Girl, Huh?

  68. D.... H....

    My song when my parents are fighting. I showed it then too.

  69. A.... ....

    My best friend Zach was talking to me about how he might not be playing online with me anymore cause his parents were always fighting and he said that they were going to get a divorce, and he might stay with his brother if it got super serious. I felt so bad, I would ask him how home was when he join my server, and he’d always told me he was fine but it’s hard to believe :( I feel so bad and I wonder and hope he does not become depressed because of this, I have depression and it’s no fun and I would never wish it one anyone

  70. T.... M....

    this song really touches me.

  71. L.... M....

    I've been there😥😥

    L.... M....

    you've been there and I am there

    L.... M....

    @Hannah Shawn I'm sorry

  72. D.... M....

    I loved listening to this song when my parents were getting divorced it really helped with depression a lot

  73. J.... W....

    I've heard a sader country song than this

  74. D.... P....

    Am I the only one here who doesn't have family problems lol

  75. C.... L....

    Coming from a child of a broken home, I can tell you how much it hurts to hear them fighting. To see them hit each other. It doesn't go away. It stays with you. Forever. My brother has issues. I have issues. I can't remember much, but it's better than remembering. It's been years and I'm still trying to piece it together.

  76. C.... D....

    2019 anyone

  77. A.... B....

    "Wish there was a white flag waving or that they were both just faking, and it was just a game they were playing like shoot em up cowboys"💔💔💔

  78. Z.... A....

    I relate

  79. d.... h....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️😪😍😍

  80. N.... N....

    I’m sorry to everyone who relates the only time my parents fought was when I was 3 my dad came at 2am from the bar my dad woke my mom by screaming she’s ugly I woke up went to my brothers room but there asleep so i went to find my parents and my dad raised his hand and hit her I watched in tears my mom screamed your family or drugs he opened the door and walked out my mom fell to her knees and cried for a while I felt as if my woke up my brothers up my dad would be here i understand now that it’s a good thing he’s gone he could have hurt my mom brothers or myself I hope he got what he deserved for hitting my mom

  81. *.... C....

    I remember the shouts of my parents when they were still together. Me and my siblings would lay in our beds crying. My parents would think we were asleep.

  82. N.... N....

    When I was growing up my parents fought all the time they would do it at night so in school nights me and my brother wouldn’t go to sleep the first time they fought I heard my mom shout my name and my dad started shouting o bursted into tears thinking i was the reason why it got so bad we could barely go to school because we didn’t know of any bus stops and they were to busy fighting I stared taking my anger out when we did go to school I was sent to the office a lot my teacher ended up talking to me about I told her she called my grandma that got me and my brother out of the house she took care of is until they got a divorce
    Now my dad is married and has two step daughters
    My mom is married has a baby two weeks ago there both happy
    It sucks being there when it happens but if your going through talk to someone it’s not good to deal with it all by yourself

    N.... N....

    Nobody No one I’m sorry no one should go through that

  83. A.... K....

    Too many people can relate to this song. Me included.

  84. C.... T....

    I love coming to your show

  85. s.... ....

    I felt the lyrics to this song on so many personal, emotional, physical, and spiritual levels..

  86. A.... W....

    It is like my parents. now they are divorsed and it feels like it is all my falt. I love both of them though

  87. E.... -....

    I love this song

  88. w.... l....

    I've dealt with my parents fighting every single day since I was a baby I'm 12 now 😥😫😖😭😢

  89. K.... G....

    I am so lucky that my parents never fought in front of us.

  90. K.... S....

    I relate my dad left me when i was younger then my mom would drink. All day long wouldnt remember what even happened 2 minutes ago then i was put foster care and with 2 brothers that scream and then im just crying cuz ive been raped abused put through hell so...
    I can relate

  91. N.... M....

    I love this so g so much

  92. M.... C....

    When she does the high notes it sounds like the red haired Sanderson sister from Hocus Pocus yeah / no 😆 but my little cousin's parent are fighting all the time and she still remembers the first fight they had and it was 2 years ago and she was 2 when it happened but I hope she forgets after the split up because they are splitting up soon

  93. E.... G....

    My mom and dad fought 24/7 when I was a baby but I don’t remember it. But last year he flipped out on her cause he doesn’t have a good memory so my mom wanted me home by 7 and he thought she said it was 8, so when it was 7 she asked him where he was and he flipped out and started getting mad. I was scared cause I live my mom with my life and it hurts to see her getting yelled at, he yelled so loud and I was crying so much it took me to the point where I grabbed a knife and stabbed his leg with it to make him stop yelling at him. I was punching him and grabbing him but he wouldn’t let go of the phone. My mom thought he was going to take me away from her tho. I also screamed I love you to my mom because my dad wouldn’t let go of the phone, then I got so scared I took my dads gun as a threat to make him stop but it didn’t work, I shot my dads phone and he slapped me. I said I was scared and that I had enough of the fighting, I told him I’m going to jump off a building and I ran off to the tallest building near me and jumped. My dad didn’t care until he got a call from the hospital saying I was dying. My dad finally said sorry and then he got arrested for assault, child abuse cause he slapped me, and for making me have to jump off a building. I hope any of this relates to and always let it end on its own even if it’s scary.

  94. Q.... H....

    I've Went Through This My Entire Life, Still Do. But It's Music, Victoria Pratt & Melissa Benoist That Keeps Me Going.

  95. s.... h....

    *Sigh* this is to much like my life....

    s.... h....

    I'm 11 and my parents fight a lot . I wish I could just disappear