Artist: The White Stripes Album: White Blood Cells {2001}

Dead leaves and the dirty ground
When I know you're not around
Shiny tops and soda pops
When I hear your lips make a sound
When I hear your lips make a sound

Thirty notes in the mailbox
Will tell you that I'm coming home
And I think I'm gonna stick around
For a while so you're not alone
For a while so you're not alone

If you can hear a piano fall
You can hear me coming down the hall
If I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
Don't think I need to see at all

Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I want to give you what you give to me
And every breath that is in your lungs
Is a tiny little gift to me
Is a tiny little gift to me

I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down
Then I come home, no one to wrap my arms around
Wrap my arms around

Well any man with a microphone
Can tell you what he loves the most
And you know why you love at all
If you're thinking of the holy ghost
If you're thinking of the holy ghost

I was watching with one eye on the other side
I had fifteen people telling me to move
I got moving on my mind
I found shelter in some thoughts turning wheels around
I said 39 times that I love you
To the beauty I had found

Well its 1-2-3-4, take the elevator 
At the Hotel Yorba I'll be glad to see you later
All they got inside is vacancy

I been thinking of a little place down by the lake
They got a dirty little road leading up to the house
I wonder how long it will take till we're alone
Sitting on the front porch of that home
Stomping our feet on the wooden boards
Never gonna worry about locking the door

Well its 1-2-3-4, take the elevator 
At the Hotel Yorba I'll be glad to see you later
All they got inside is vacancy

It might sound silly for me to think childish thoughts like these
But i'm so tired of acting tough
And i'm gonna to what i please
Lets get married in a big cathedral by a priest
Cos if i'm the man that you love the most
You could say, "I do," at least

Well its 1-2-3-4, take the elevator 
At the Hotel Yorba I'll be glad to see you later
All they got inside is vacancy

And its 4-5-6-7, grab your umbrella
Grab hold of me cos I'm your favorite fella
All they got inside is vacancy

Well I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman every day
All the manners that I've been taught have slowly died away
But if I held the door open for you it wouldn't make your day

You think that I care about me and only me
When every single girl needs help climbing up a tree
Well I know it don't take much to satisfy me

Maybe it's whatever's in my head that's distracting me
But if i could find emotion to stimulate devotion
Well then you'd see

Well I'm finding it hard to say that I need you 20 times a day
I feel comfortable, so baby why don't you feel the same
Have a doctor come and visit us and tell us which one is sane

I'd never said I wouldn't throw my jacket in the mud for you
But my father gave it to me so maybe I should carry you
Then you said, "You almost dropped me"
So then I did and I got mud on my shoes

Fell in love with a girl
I fell in love once and almost completely
She's in love with the world
But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading
She turns and says, "Are you alright"
I said, "I must be fine cause my heart's still beating"
Come and kiss me by the riverside
Yeah, Bobby says it's fine, he don't consider it cheating, now

Red hair with a curl 
Mellow roll for the flavor and the eyes were peeping 
Can't keep away from the girl
These two sides of my brain need to have a meeting
Can't think of anything to do 
Yeah, my left brain knows that all love is fleeting
She's just looking for something new
Yeah, I said it once before but it bears repeating, now

Can't think of anything to do 
Yeah, my left brain knows that all love is fleeting
She's just looking for something new
Well, I said it once before but it bears repeating, now

Fell in love with a girl
I fell in love once and almost completely
She's in love with the world
But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading
She turns and says, "Are you alright"
I said, "I must be fine cause my heart's still beating"
Come and kiss me by the riverside
Yeah, Bobby says it's fine, he don't consider it cheating, now

Can't think of anything to do 
Yeah, my left brain knows that all love is fleeting
She's just looking for something new
Well, I said it once before but it bears repeating, now

Your mouth said, "This, never"
But your fingers have shown me
Your head is so clever
You claim that you own me
Forever, forever, forever, forever

You have the right to conduct me
In whatever fashion
Your attempt to construct me
In the interest of passion
You sent me to Toledo, Toledo, Toledo

I came back with handfulls
I did what you asked me
But after the thank you's
That you quickly got passed me
I'm expected, you're expecting
I'm expected, expected

Can you go get me that...

Well you're in your little room
And you're working on something good
But if it's really good
You're gonna need a bigger room
And when you're in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of how you got started
Sitting in your little room

It can't be love
For there is no true love
It can't be love
For there is no true love

Sure I'm C.F.K. 
But you gotta love me
The cost no man can say
But you gotta love me

Well I'm sorry, but I'm not interested 
In gold mines, oil wells, shipping or real estate
What would I liked to have been - 
Everything you hate

Cos it can't be love
For there is no true love
It can't be love
For there is no true love

There is a man
A certain man
And for the poor you may be sure that he'll do all he can
Who is this one
Who's favorite son
Just by his action has the traction magnets on the run
Who likes to smoke
Enjoys a joke
And wouldn't get a bit upset if he were really broke
With wealth and fame
He's still the same
I'll bet you five you're not alive
If you don't know his name

You said the union forever
You said the union forever
You cried the union forever
But that was untrue girl
Cos it can't be love
For there is no true love
It can't be love
For there is no true love

You fell down, of course 
And then you got up, of course and started over
Forgot my name, of course
Then you started to remember
Pretty tough to think about
The beginning of December
Pretty tough to think about
Pretty tough to think about
Pretty tough to think about

You're looking down again
And then you look me over
We're laying down again
On a blanket in the clover
The same boy you've always known
Well, I guess I haven't grown
Same boy you've always known
Same boy you've always known

Think of what the past did, it could've lasted
So put it in your basket
I hope you know a strong man who can lend you a hand
Lowering my casket

I thought this is just today
And soon you'd been returning
The coldest blue ocean water
Cannot stop my heart and mind from burning
Everyone who's in the know says
That's exactly how it goes
And if there's anything good about me
I'm the only one who knows

Fall is here, hear the yell
Back to school, ring the bell
Brand new shoes, walking blues
Climb the fence, books and pens
I can tell that we're going to be friends
I can tell that we're going to be friends

Walk with me, Suzy Lee
Through the park and by the tree
We will rest upon the ground
And look at all the bugs we found
Safely walk to school without a sound
Safely walk to school without a sound

Here we are, no one else
We walked to school all by ourselves
There's dirt on our uniforms
From chasing all the ants and worms
We clean up and now its time to learn
We clean up and now its time to learn

Numbers, letters, learn to spell
Nouns and books and show and tell
Playtime we will throw the ball
Back to class, through the hall
Teacher marks our height against the wall
Teacher marks our height against the wall

We don't notice any time pass
We don't notice anything
We sit side by side in every class
Teacher thinks that I sound funny
But she likes the way you sing

Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed
When silly thoughts go through my head
About the bugs and alphabet
And when I wake tommorow I'll bet
That you and I will walk together again
I can tell that we are going to be friends
Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends

I'm patient of this plan
As humble as I can
I'll wait another day
Before I turn away
But know this much is true
No matter what I do
Offend in every way
I don't know what to say

I'm coming through the door
But they're expecting more
Of an interesting man
Sometimes I think I can
But how much can I fake
I'll speak until I break
With every word I say
Offend in every way

You tell me to relax
And listen to these facts
That everyone's my friend
And will be till the end
But know this much is true
No matter what I do
No matter what I say
Offend in every way

Oh, I think I smell a rat
Oh, I think I smell a rat
All you little kids seem to think you know just where it's at
Oh, I think I smell a rat
Walking down the street carrying a baseball bat
Oh, I think I smell a rat

Oh, I think I smell a rat
Oh, I think I smell a rat
All you little kids seem to think you know just where it's at
Oh, I think I smell a rat
Using your mother and father for a welcome mat
Oh, I think I smell a rat

Ah

I can't wait till you try to come back girl
When things they don't work out for you
Who do you think you're messing with girl
What do you think you're trying to do

Who do you think you're messing with girl
What do you think you're trying to do
Do you really think I want be left out girl
Who do you think you're trying to fool

First you said I was blind
And it's gonna be different this time
I thought you made up your mind
I thought you made up your mind, yeah
I thought you made up, I thought you made up
I thought you made up your mind

So many times I've gotten used to this
This old idea of being all alone
Tell me how I'm supposed to get through with this
I wish this house felt like a home

Who do you think you're messing with girl
What do you think you're trying to do
Do you really think I want be left out girl
Who do you think you're trying to fool

First you said I was blind
You certainly took your time
I thought you made up your mind
I thought you made up your mind, yeah
I thought you made up, I thought you made up
I thought you made up your mind

Now Mary
Can't you find a way to bring me down
I'm so sorry
That I had to go and let you down

Knowing you I'll think things are gonna be fine
But then again you'll probably change your mind 

I'm sorry Mary, but being your mate
Means trying to find something that you aren't going to hate
What a season
To be beautiful without a reason

Knowing you I'll think things are gonna be fine
But then again you'll probably change your mind
Mary
Can't you find a way to bring me down

I wish we were stuck up a tree
Then we'd know that it's nicer below

I don't know any lullabys
I don't know how to make you mine
But I can learn
In lonely days long ago
I saw lovers put on a show
Well now it's my turn

Drive you home then wait by the phone
For that call, for a walk in the fall

No harm will come of this
One little midnight kiss
It will not burn
So many lonely days
I feel like a throw away
Well now it's my turn

Falling down is no longer around
Feeling sun, I'm no longer one
Well isn't this fun

I never thought that I had to be this protector
So many thoughts inside my head a strange collector

But now, but now, but now
Now, now, now, now, now

You thought you heard a sound 
There's no one else around 
Looking at the door 
It's coming through the floor 

300 people living out in West Virginia
have no idea of all these thoughts that lie within ya

But now, but now, but now
Now, now, now, now, now

You thought you heard a sound 
There's no one else around 
Looking at the door 
It's coming through the floor