Artist: The White Stripes Album: Elephant {2003}

I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back
And I'm talking to myself at night because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette
And the message coming from my eyes says leave it alone

Don't want to hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell
And if I catch it coming back my way I'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear but that's what I'll do
And the feeling coming from my bones says find a home

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I'm bleeding and I'm bleeding and I'm bleeding right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me and I will think no more
And the stains coming from my blood tell me go back home

Don't you think that I'm bound to react now
Well, my fingers definately turning to black now
Yeah, maybe I'll put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah

My books are sitting at the top of the stack now
Well, the longer words are really breaking my back now
Yeah, maybe I'll learn to understand
Drawing a square with a pencil in hand, yeah

Mathematically turning the page
Unequivocally showing my age
I'm practically center stage
Undeniably earning your wage
Well, maybe I'll put my love on ice
Teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah

Listen, master, can you answer a question
Is it the fingers or the brain that you're teaching the lesson
Oh, I can't tell you how proud I am
Of writing down things that I don't understand
Well, maybe I'll put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe that'll be nice, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here

I'd like to think that all this constant interaction
Is just the kind of make you drive yourself away
Each simple gesture done by me is counteracted
And leaves me standing here with nothing else to say
Completely baffled by a backward indication
That an inspired word will come across your tongue
Hands moving upward to propel the situation
Have simply halted and now the conversation's done

There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here

I'm only waiting for the proper time to tell you
That it's impossible to get along with you
It's hard to look you in the face when we are talking
So it helps to have a mirror in the room
I've not been really looking forward to the performance
But there's my cue and there's a question on your face
Fortunately I have come across an answer
Which is go away and do not leave a trace

There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here

Waking up for breakfast
Burning matches, talking quietly
Breaking baubles, throwing garbage
Drinking soda, looking happy, taking pictures
So completely stupid, just go away

There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
No home here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here
There's no home for you here, girl, go away
There's no home for you here

I just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself
Planning everything for two
Doing everything with you
And now that we're through
I just don't know what to do

I just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself
Movies only make me sad
Parties make me feel as bad
Cos I'm not with you
I just don't know what to do

Like a summer rose needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love to beat love away

Well, I don't know what to do with myself
Just don't know what to do with myself
Planning everything for two
Doing everything with you
And now that we're through
I just don't know what to do

Like a summer rose needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love to beat love away

I just don't know what to do with myself
Just don't know what to do with myself
Just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself

I saw you standing in the corner
On the edge of a burning light
I saw you standing in the corner
Come to me again in the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night

You make me feel a little older
Like a full grown woman might
But when you're gone I grow colder
Come to me again in the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night

I hear you walking by my front door
I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor
I don't care what other people say
I'm going to love you anyway
Come to me again in the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night

I can't stand it any longer
I need the fuel to make my fire bright
So don't fight it any longer
Come to me again in the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night

And I know that you feel it, too
When my skin turns into glue
You will know that it's warm inside
And you'll come run to me in the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night
In the cold, cold night

I want to be the boy to warm your mother's heart
I'm so scared to take you away
I tried to win her over right from the start
But something always got in the way
We've been sitting in your backyard for hours
But she won't even come out and say, "Hi."
While my mother baked a little cake for you
And even dreaded when you said, "Goodbye."
What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull
What kind of joke should I lay on her now
I'm inclined to go finish high school
Just to make her notice that I'm around

Well, nothing I come up with seems to work
It feels like everything I say is a lie
And never have a felt like such a jerk
I'm afraid to even open my eyes
Because I really don't want her to judge me
I want to her really know who I am
And then, and only then, will she love me
Well, at least, that was the plan
If ever a boy needed a holiday
If ever a girl needed someone to hold
I just hope I don't act the same way
By the time that I get old

What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull
What kind of joke should I lay on her now
I'm inclined to go finish high school
Just to make her notice that I'm around

I never said I was the heir to a fortune
I never claimed to have any looks
But these kind of things must be important
Because somebody ripped out my page in your telephone book
I want to warm her heart

You've got her in your pocket
And there's no way out now
Put it in the safe and lock it
Cos it's home sweet home

Nobody ever told you that it was the wrong way
To trick a woman, make her feel she did it her way
And you'll be there if she ever feels blue
And you'll be there when she finds someone new, what to do

Well, you know, you keep her in your pocket
Where there's no way out now
Put it in a safe and lock it
Cos it's home sweet home

The smile on your face made her think she had the right one
Then she thought she was sure by the way you two could have fun
But now she might leave like she's threatened before
Grab hold of her fast before her feet leave the floor and she's out the door

Cos you want to keep her in my pocket
Where there's no way out now
Put it in a safe and lock it
Cos it's home sweet home

And in your own mind you know you're lucky just to know her
And in the beginning all you wanted was to show her
But now you're scared, you think she's running away
You search in your hand for something clever to say - don't go away

Cos I want to keep you in my pocket
Where there's no way out
Put it in a safe and lock it
Cos it's home sweet home
Home sweet home

It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
No doubt about it
It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care, by the time I'm done

Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar
And take our sweet little time about it
Let's have a ball, girl
And take our sweet little time about it
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
And we'll get clean together and I'll find me a soapbox where I can shout it, yeah

Read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends and see if they know
Read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends and see if they know
That my strength is ten-fold, girl
I'll let you see if you want to before you go

Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar
And take our sweet little time about it
Let's have a ball
And take our sweet little time about it
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
We'll get clean together and I'll find me a soapbox where I can shout it
Yeah, I can think of one or two things to say about it, oh, listen

Here's what I say, get the point now

Yeah, it's quite possible that I'm your third man
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
It was the other two which made me your third
But it's my mother who made me the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
Soon enough you will care, by the time I'm done
Yeah, you just wait, stick around
You'll figure it out

We started living in an old house
My Ma gave birth and we were checking it out
It was a baby boy, so we bought him a toy
It was a ray gun and it was 1981
We named him Baby, he had a toothache
He started crying, it sounded like an earthquake
It didn't last long because I stopped it
I grabbed a rag doll and stuck some little pins in it
Now we're a family and we're alright now
We got money and a little place to fight now
We don't know you and we don't owe you
But if you see us around I got something else to show you

Now, it's easy when you don't know better
You think it's sleazy, then put it in a short letter
We keep warm, but there's just something wrong with you
Just feel that you're the hardest little button to button
I had opinions that didn't matter
I had a brain that felt like pancake batter
I got a backyard with nothing in it
Except a stick, a dog and a box with something in it

The hardest button to button, the hardest button to button
The hardest button to button, the hardest button to button, uh oh
The hardest button to button, the hardest button to button, uh oh
The hardest button to button

The hardest button to button, the hardest button to button
The hardest button to button, the hardest button to button, uh oh

When problems overwhelm us and sadness smothers us
Where do we find the will and the courage to continue
Well, the answer may come in the caring voice of a friend
A chance encounter with a book or from a personal faith
For Janet, help came from her faith, but it also came from a squirrel
Shortly after her divorce, Janet lost her father
Then she lost her job, she had mounting money problems
But Janet not only survived, she worked her way out of despondency
And now, she says life is good again
How could this happen - she told me that late one autumn day, while she was at her lowest
She watched a squirrel storing up nuts for the winter
One at a time, he would take them to the nest
And she thought - if that squirrel can take care of himself
With a harsh winter coming on, so can I
Once I broke my problems into small pieces, I was able to carry them
Just like those acorns, one at a time


Take all your problems and rip 'em apart
Carry them off in a shopping cart
Another thing you should've known from the start
The problems in hand are lighter than at heart

Be like the squirrel, girl, be like the squirrel
Give it a whirl, girl, be like the squirrel
And another thing you have to know in this world
Cut up your hair, straighten your curls
Well, your problems hide in your curls

I want to hypnotize you, baby, on the telephone
So many times I called your house just to hear the tone
And though I knew that you weren't home
I didn't mind so much cos I'm so alone
I want to hypnotize you, baby, on the telephone

I want to spin my little watch right before your eyes
You're the kind of girl a guy like me could hypnotize
And if this comes as a surprise
Just think of all those guys who would tell you lies
I want to spin my little watch right before your eyes

I want to hold your little hand if I could be so bold
And be your right hand man till your hands get old
And then when all those feelings gone
Just decide if you want to keep holding on
I want to hold your little hand if I can be so bold
If I can be so bold, if I can be so bold

Life is so boring, it's really got me snoring
I'm wearing out the flooring in a cheap hotel
But I don't have to work and I might be sinning
But I'm never gonna have to hear the rings of school bells

Well, don't you remember you told me in December
That a boy is not a man until he makes a stand
Well, I'm not a genius, but maybe you'll remember this
I never said I ever wanted to be a man

I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around

My mom is so caring, she's really got me staring
At all the crazy little things she does for sure
And I can't seem to think of another kind of love
That a boy could ever get from anyone but her

I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around
I get nervous when she comes around
When she comes around, when she comes around

Girl, you have no faith in medicine
Oh girl, you have no faith in medicine
Acetaminophen, you see the medicine, oh girl

Is there a way to find the cure for this implanted in a pill
Is it just the name upon the bottle that determines if it will
Is the problem you're allergic to a well familiar name
Do you have a problem with this one if the results are the same

Acetaminophen, you see the medicine
Oh girl, you have no faith in medicine
Oh girl, you have no faith in medicine
Acetaminophen, you see the medicine, oh girl

Girl, you have no faith in medicine
Acetaminophen, you see the medicine, oh girl

Well, strip the bark right off a tree and just hand it this way
Don't even need a drink of water to make the headache go away
Give me a sugar pill and watch me just rattle down the street

Acetaminophen, you see the medicine
Oh girl, you have no faith in medicine
Oh girl, you have no faith in medicine
Oh girl, oh girl, oh girl, oh girl

Well, it's true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well, Holly I love you, too
But there's just so much that I don't know about you

Jack, give me some money to pay my bills
All the dough I give you, Holly, you been using on pain pills
Jack, will you call me if you're able
I got your phone number written in the back of my bible
Jack, I think your pulling my leg
And I think, maybe, I better ask Meg
Meg, do you think Jack really loves me
You know I don't care because Jack really bugs me
Why don't you ask him now
Well, I would, but Meg, I really just don't know how
Just say, "Jack, do you adore me?"
Well, I would Holly, but love really bores me
Then I guess we should just be friends
I'm just kidding Holly, you know that I'll love you till the end

Well, it's true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well, Holly I love you, too
But there's just so much that I don't know about you

Holly, give me some of your English lovin'
If I did that Jack, I'd have one in the oven
Why don't you go off and love yourself
If I did that Holly, there won't be anything left for anybody else
Jack, it's too bad about the way that you look
You know I gave that horse a carrot so he'd break your foot
Will the two of you cut it out
And tell 'em what it's really all about

Well, it's true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well, Holly I love you, too
But there's just so much that I don't know about you


Jolly good
Was that jolly good
Yes, very nice
Jolly good, cup of tea then, Bruce
Let's celebrate