Sticks And Stones

(album: Hindsight 2020, Vol. 3: Angelina - 2022)

You can take the house and everything in it
Keep the diamond ring 'cause that's how I meant it
Sticks and stones are all they ever were to me

This material life with all its value
Don't mean a thing to me without you
The love that we once had is all I need

So take everything we have if it makes you happy
But, darling, let me say before I leave

These sticks and stones ain't all that makes a home
They don't have arms to hold you when love goes wrong
Now you say we are through
Those sticks and stones may break me
But the words you said just tore my heart in two

Remember when we didn't have a dime between us
You took my hand and said, "We don't need much
Just as long as we're together we would be fine."

Now we've acquired all I thought would please you
I gave everything you know that I could
And still you're telling me you're not satisfied

So take everything we have if it makes you happy
But, darling, let me say before I leave

These sticks and stones ain't all that makes a home
They don't have arms to hold you when love goes wrong
Now you say we are through
Those sticks and stones may break me
But the words you said just tore my heart in two

These sticks and stones may break me
But the words you said just tore my heart in two