Sticks & Stones

歌詞

Tell the hour: go take another, Or go down, Moses, without a fuss Give in to the lawless water And send a later boat for us Sticks and stones, blood, ash, and bone, I shake the tree, swim out alone: Turning over the dark Missouri Now that every new leaf I had is gone The moon's near empty, a swinging saber, Keeping every prayer at bay, At the throat of love for ransom From the dull approaching day; There is no lord that rides this boarder, No fences stretch this far to show How times will side against another, As one arrives and others go (Chorus) Whores are dressed in fire and feathers On the beach, sit in a row Climb the banks through scrub and tender, Disappear where rabbits go. They had nothing that I needed But I gave them all I had, Just to share the dirt between them As they waited, smoked and laughed (Chorus)