Intro: C/Bb ( Four times)
Am6 Fm/Ab C6/9/G
Stick, a stone, it's the end of the road, it's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
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It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun, it is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun
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The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush, a knot in the wood, the song of a thrush
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The wood of the wind, a cliff, a fall, a scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
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It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of the slope it's a beam it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope
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And the river bank talks of the waters of March it's the end of the strain the joy in your heart
C/Bb Am6 Fm/Ab C6/9/G
The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone the beat of the road, a slingshot's stone
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A fish, a flash, a silvery glow A fight, a bet the fange of a bow
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The bed of the well, the end of the line the dismay in the face, it's a loss, it's a find
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A spear, a spike, a point, a nail a drip, a drop, the end of the tale
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A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light the sound of a shot in the dead of the night
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A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump, it's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps
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The plan of the house, the body in bed and the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud
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A float, a drift, a flight, a wing a hawk, a quail, the promise of spring
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And the river bank talks of the waters of March it's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart
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A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe it's a thorn in your hand and a cut in your toe
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A point, a grain, a bee, a bite a blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night
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A pin, a needle, a sting a pain a snail, a riddle, a wasp, a stain
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A pass in the mountains, a horse and a mule in the distance the shelves rode three shadows of blue
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And the river talks of the waters of March It's the promise of life in your heart
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A stick, a stone, the end of the road the rest of a stump, a lonesome road
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A silver of glass, a life, the sun a knife, a death, the end of the run
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And the river bank talks of the waters of March it's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart
C/Bb Am6 Fm/Ab C6/9/G
Stick, a stone, it's the end of the road, it's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
C/Bb Am6 Fm/Ab C6/9/G
Stick, a stone, it's the end of the road, it's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone