i watched my guilt blossom before me like a tender shoot with thirsty roots o how my garden grows the shameful seeds i ve sown i watched its stems sprawl above me its dark shadow cast its cloud around me but i can live with it i ll live in it there s no place like home stretch your arms around me cast your cloud above me curtained kept and covered in your solemn vow ever you go i ll follow grow your roots within me drink of me you thirsty seed i cower cringe and tremble at your solemn vow ever you go i ll follow you there s no place like home there s no place like home there s no place like home heavied we re so heavy if she only knew just how sorry i was if she only knows sticks and stones won t break my bones it s the branches and boulders i shoulder stick and stones won t break my bones i can live with it if i can learn to live with this if i can learn to live