All these sticks and stones They take me home, they won't control me 'Cause I was born in Hickory It's in my bones, it takes me home Ooh, ooh Hold me in the creek With your bare hands to keep my under I was born in undertow It takes me home, it takes me home Headlights on the road They set me free, they baptize me In your eyes, I see myself I see a child, I see a ghost You could bury me, an unmarked grave in the earth But I am a stone, I am the dirt All these sticks and stones They take me home, it takes me home