Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones
V1:
Madison County, born and raised
40 years around here, this town’s seen better days
Don’t need you coming here, telling me what to do
Go back where you come from, take your advice with you
Chorus
Getting tired of steppin' ‘round- all these sticks and stones Gonna find somewhere there’s less of them thrown
It’s the last time i’m gonna shut my mouth and
Put up with being pushed around, pushed around
V2:
If it wasn’t for my family who built this town years ago
You would have had to find some other charming southern town, you know
It’s true the money moving in is what saved this town
But that don't mean those who were here before shouldn’t’ be around
Yeah we’re better off than a few years ago
when the only jobs to be had were twenty miles up the road
But then again what’s happening all around this town
Makes me wonder where we'll be a few more years from now
Chorus
V3:
It’s the old crowd and the new crowd, and everyone’s picking sides scratching lines in the dirt and glaring at the other side
Me, I’m in the middle, I see both points of view
But don’t be telling me what to think and I won’t be telling you