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YOUR STICKS AND STONES

from EMOTIONAL INCEST (2024 Remaster) by The Santairs

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This was recorded at my home studio with Audacity, a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds on my 160GB, 3.2 GHZ Pentium IV HP computer made back in 2004. I upgraded the memory to 2GB. Only 512 MB of memory originally came with the computer. This song was performed on basic equipment, from a Fender Deluxe Stratocaster played through a Crate 120 Watt solid state amp, a small Peavey 50 watt bass amp, a Cameo bass guitar, a Royce drum set, and a set of $10-30 computer microphones, all while capturing the sounds as I performed them live without a real time compressor or mixer, making it quite the challenge to balance the entire sound.
This is the 88th song I wrote. I wanted to write a song that was kind of along the lines of being a sing-a-long style for kids. It was slightly inspired by The Beatles, “All Together Now.” This was one of my grandmother's favorite songs I wrote (next to THESE GOLDEN YEARS and GIVE ME MORE) that I used to sing to her when I saw her. I never had a recording of this song until now. It was nice to finally get it out of the way, but unfortunately, my grandmother has passed away and she will never hear this particular version. This song was originally written on 2-18-86. It took about an hour to write while it was snowing outside.

Recorded at MINE Music Studio in Auburn, WA.

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Your Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones,
But Names Will Never Hurt Me.
Your Sticks And Stones Will Break My Heart,
So Please Don't Ever Hurt Me.
I Said, “Hey, I Want You.” I Said, “Hey, I Love You.”

Your Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones,
But Names Will Never Hurt Me.
Your Sticks And Stones Will Break My Heart,
So Please Don't Ever Hurt Me.
I Want You For My Own. I Want You To Call My Own.

Your Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones,
But Names Will Never Hurt Me.
Your Sticks And Stones Will Break My Heart,
So Please Don't Ever Hurt Me.

When You Came On Runnin' Back I Thought,
You're The Kind Of Girl For Me.
But Sticks And Stones Have Broken My Heart,
Now Our Love Just Won't Be.
(Solo)
I Saw You, So Unique. I Saw You, A Girl So Sweet.

Your Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones,
But Names Will Never Hurt Me.
Your Sticks And Stones Will Break My Heart,
So Please Don't Ever Hurt Me.

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from EMOTIONAL INCEST (2024 Remaster), released May 6, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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