Go Lick a Swingset
By: Samuel Hammock
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
That's how the saying goes.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Go lick a swingset, kids.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger,
Though it may make you weak.
Recovery will follow in the future,
And it brings with it strength.
A city was invaded, its walls broken;
Survivors scavenge streets.
In time, the city was rebuilt, a new age,
And stronger than before.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
That's how the saying goes.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Go lick a swingset, kids.
We vaccinate our kids to keep them healthy,
Injecting sicknesses.
It helps them all to build up antibodies,
Immunization's goal.
We ponder all the wrong ideas and worldviews
That people sometimes hold.
In entertaining arguments opposing,
We make our defense bold.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
That's how the saying goes.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Go lick a swingset, kids.
A man once lost his job and livelihood,
Deep in depression dove,
Back from the brink returned to face the future,
God's fortitude in soul.
A child is taking her first steps on two legs.
She falls and cries aloud.
The next time she will stagger that much further.
Her skill will come in time.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
That's how the saying goes.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Go lick a swingset, kids.
Experience should always make us better,
And failure teaches much.
The risks both small and great that we encounter
Are opportunities.
It is important to know our own limits,
Just how far we can go.
The best way to learn life is just to live it.
It's too short to go slow.
A day that doesn't end you makes you wiser:
That's how the living goes.
A thing that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Go lick a swingset, kids.
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