Sticks and Stones

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Stix and Stones (or Sticks and Stones) is track #6 on Babyshambles' debut album, Down in Albion, and the track is the first of two to be credited to Doherty and Peter Wolfe. The first time fans heard Stix and Stones was in September 2003, on the Chicken Shack sessions.

Although the song was released officially by Babyshambles, it was also played live at least once with The Libertines.
In an interview in 2005, Doherty stated that "The word is more powerful than the sword. That’s what that song’s [Stix and Stones] about."

Appearing on

#1 (Up the) Albion Radio (Branding Session)	Peter Doherty	Fan mixtape	2014-02-01
Down In Albion	Babyshambles	Album	2005-11-14
Wet Your Whistle And Get Bombed	Babyshambles	Session	2005
Shaking And Withdrawn Megamix	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-08
Untitled Album	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-04-08
The Branding Session	The Libertines	Session	2004-03-26
HQ Sessions Second Wave	Babyshambles	Session	2004-02
The Liverpool Session	Peter Doherty	Session	2004
Chicken Shack Sessions	Babyshambles	Session	2003-09

Concerts

Live at Ambassador Theatre, Dublin	Babyshambles	Dublin, IRL	2006-09-26
Dirty South	Babyshambles	London, UK	2006-08-16
Topvar Rockfest, Slovakia	Babyshambles	Slovakia	2006-07-01
Live at FIB Benicassim	Babyshambles	Benicassim, Spain	2006-06-21
Hultsfred	Babyshambles	Hultsfredsfestivalen, Sweden	2006-06-16
Paradiso, Amsterdam	Babyshambles	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2006-05-01
Rock En Seine	Babyshambles	Paris, France	2005-06-27
Glastonbury	Babyshambles		2005-06-24
Carling Live 24	Babyshambles	University Of London Union	2005-04-30

Lyrics

Now here's a tale
Tale I will tell
Bloodlust, theft and no sweet love
And a many, many things I do so well
Oh you know that that's the end
That's the end so far away down

They said that I was as good as dead
There was hope, but not hope for us together
My friend, my only friend

Oh well you know that that's the end
That's the end so far away down

Skitzoid, fame on the run
Don't look back into the motherfucking sun

Oh well you know that that's the end
That's the end so far away down

Sticks and stones may break my bones
Oh but your words they really hurt me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
Sticks and stones may break my bones
Oh but your words they really hurt me

I will begin right at the end
That's the end so far away down

....?

And you know that's the end
But there can never be an end