(aaron tippin/michael p. heeney)

Girl, I've got scars and I've seen stars
From men nearly twice my size
Yeah, life's sticks and stones have broke a few bones
But I've always survived
So when I take a look at all I've took
It don't seem right to me
How a little bitty woman with just a few words
Come bring me to my knees
Sticks and stones wouldn't hurt a bit
Compared to the cold, cruel words that just leave your lips
I'd rather you pick up a rock, a stick full of thorns
Rear back and let 'em fly
'cause those sticks wouldn't cut, stones hurt as much
As the sound of your goodbye

Yeah, I know I'm the reason you're leavin'
I'm to blame sure enough
It's like you say there ain't a woman made
That can live without true love
So if it's too late to set things straight
And there's no forgivin' me
Then don't say nothin,' just pick you up somethin'
That'll end this misery.

Sticks and stones wouldn't hurt a bit
Compared to the cold, cruel words that just leave your lips
I'd rather you pick up a rock, a stick full of thorns
Rear back and let 'em fly
'cause those sticks wouldn't cut, stones hurt as much
As the sound of your goodbye

• Ain't That a Hell of a Note
• Bayou Baby
• Big Boy Toys
• Country Boy's Tool Box
• For You I Will
• Her
• Honky-tonk Superman
• How's The Radio Know
• I Got It Honest
• I Miss Misbehavin'
• I Promised You The World
• I Was Born With a Broken Heart
• I Wonder How Far It is Over You
• I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
• I'm Leaving
• I've Got a Good Memory
• If I Had to Do It Over
• In My Wildest Dreams
• Kiss This
• Let's Talk About You
• Lookin' Back at Myself
• Lovin' Me Into an Early Grave
• Many, Many, Many Beers Ago
• Mission from Hank
• My Blue Angel
• My Kind of Town
• Nothin' in The World
• People Like Us
• Read Between The Lines
• She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight
• She Made a Memory Out of Me
• She's Got a Way of Makin' Me Forget
• Standin' on The Promises
• Ten Pound Hammer
• That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You
• The Best Love We Ever Made
• The Call of The Wild
• The Door
• The Man That Came Between Us
• The Sky's Got The Blues
• The Sound of Your Goodbye
• There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio
• These Sweet Dreams
• This Heart
• Trim Yourself to Fit The World
• Up Against You
• What This Country Needs
• When Country Took The Throne
• Where The Stars & Stripes & Eagle Fly
• Whole Lotta Love on The Line
• Without Your Love
• Working Man's Ph. D.
• You Are The Woman