Del Amitri - Sticks And Stones Girl Lyrics
Here I am, hardly breathing in at allI cough when I can and that's about allI am this man and though I turn the tapeTo a happier song, my face can't find a smilebecause it's been looking too longYou arrive like a locust swarnYou devastated me and now when you leave the roomMy heart, head, hands and all formsgo from red hot blood to bone dry and lukewarmYou're the sticks and stones, girlYou're the fire and flamesI might be half-dead and half-born girlbut whales start singing when I hear your name.I'm heaped with hate like acid rain, nothing canrestrain the loathing and disgust I have andthere is no one I distrust more than the happywhores who buy and trade, crawling on all foursbackwards into holes and fires that wealth andself-congratulations madeYou're the sticks and stones, girlYou're the fire and flamesyou're the punishment, the pleasurethe employment and the leisureYou're the sweet conversation and the cutting namesHeart, head, hands and all formswent from red hot blood to bone dry and lukewarnWhales stopped singng and the ships were bringing inToadstools and moss instead of sugarbeet and cornAnd all the girls in the world were distorted and deformedwhen the first leech was let looseand my jealousy was born.You're the sticks and stones girlYou're the fire and flames
