Wrap up your neck and stay out of the wind
It’s cold and can make your throat sore
And I don’t want my baby girl to get sick
Honey, that’s what your buttons are for
 
When I stepped on that old rusty nail in the barn
Shoes were for school in the fall
It’s a thousand and ten wonders we didn’t die
With only iodine and alcohol
 
Wrap up your foot and stay out of the dirt
Watch out for red streaks running north
A sign an infection’s heading straight for your heart
Honey, that’s what your bandage is for
 
Chorus:
Buttons and bandages, small disadvantages
Keeping me safe, well and warm
Anything it would take, do or say for my sake
She loved from the day I was born

When first puppy love broke my young heart in two
I thought my world had ended for sure
But It didn’t take too long to mend like she said
Honey, that’s just what young hearts are for
 
They break and they mend and you’ll find there’s no end
To this Ferris wheel ride you are on
Up and down love makes the world go around
Honey, now and long after we’re gone.
 
Now when the clouds of life pour out the rain
Chances don’t knock at your door
When it looks like the wind has deserted your sail
Honey, that’s just what your faith is for
 
We bend and we break  and we all get our share
Of heart ache and sometimes even more
If you’ve been short changed, life’s scale’s not the same
Honey that’s what forgiveness is for
 
Wrap up your neck and stay out of the wind