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