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Jimmy the Exploder

02 : 29

Stop Breaking Down

02 : 20

The Big Three Killed My Baby

02 : 29

Suzy Lee

03 : 21

Sugar Never Tasted So Good

02 : 54

Wasting My Time

02 : 13

Cannon

02 : 30

Astro

02 : 42

Broken Bricks

01 : 51

When I Hear My Name

01 : 54

03 : 05

Screwdriver

03 : 14

One More Cup of Coffee

03 : 13

Little People

02 : 22

Slicker Drips

01 : 30

St. James Infirmary Blues

02 : 24

I Fought Piranhas

03 : 09

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Track Lyrics

Jimmy the Exploder Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now, Jimmy

Well, do you want an explosion now?

Yeah, Jimmy

Do you want to explode now?

Yeah, monkey

Are you seeing red now?

Yeah, monkey

Jumping on the bed now

[Chorus]

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

[Verse 2]

Green apples

On the tree and growing now

Green apples

Are gonna be exploding now

Yeah, monkey

Are you seeing red now?

Yeah, monkey

Jumping on the bed now

[Chorus]

Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

Stop Breaking Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can't walk the streets now, to consolate my mind

Some pretty mama, she starts breaking down

[Chorus]

Stop breaking down, stop breaking down

The stuff I got is gonna bust your brains out

Well, it'll make you lose your mind

[Verse 2]

You Saturday night women, you love to ape and clown

You won't do nothing but tear a good man's reputation down

[Chorus]

Stop breaking down, stop breaking down

The stuff I got is gonna bust your brains out

Well, it'll make you lose your mind

[Verse 3]

I gave my baby the ninety-ninth degree

She jumped up to throw a pistol down on me

[Chorus]

Stop breaking down, stop breaking down

The stuff I got is gonna bust your brains out

Yeah, it'll make you lose your mind

The Big Three Killed My Baby Lyrics

[Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 1]

Their ideas make me want to spit

A hundred dollars goes down the pit

Thirty thousand wheels are rolling

And my stick-shift hands are swollen

Everything involved is shady

The Big Three killed my baby!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 2]

Why don't you take the day off and try to repair?

A billion others don't seem to care

Better ideas are stuck in the mud

The motor's running on Tucker's blood

Don't let 'em tell you the future's electric

'Cause gasoline's not measured in metric

Thirty thousand wheels are spinning

And oil-company faces are grinning

Now my hands are turning red

And I found out my baby is dead!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Chorus]

The Big Three killed my baby

No money in my hand again

The Big Three killed my baby

Nobody's coming home again

[Verse 3]

Well, I've said it now, nothing's changed

People are burning for pocket change

And creative minds are lazy

And the Big Three killed my baby!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[Outro]

And my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence

Yeah, my baby's my common sense

So don't feed me planned obsolescence (yeah!)

I'm about to have another blow-out!

Yeah

I'm about to have another blow-out!

Suzy Lee Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a story

I would like to tell

My problem is

It's one you know too well

Ms. Suzy Lee

The one I'm speaking of

The question is

Is she the one I love?

Is she the one I love? (alright)

Is she the one I love?

[Verse 2]

She sent me flowers

With her tears burned inside

And you know what I'd do

I would run and hide

And the paper

On it was my name

With the question

Do you feel the same?

Do you feel the same? (alright)

[Verse 3]

To end this tale

The one I'm speaking of

I wish I had an answer but I just don't know

Is this really love?

Sugar Never Tasted So Good Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sugar never tasted so good

Sugar never tasted good to me

Yeah

Until her eyes crossed over

Until her mind crossed over

Until her soul fell next to me

[Chorus]

Now

If the wrinkle that is in your brain

Has given you quite a sting

Your fingers have become a crane

Pulling on these puppet strings

Yeah

[Bridge]

What a feeling that's begun

[Verse 2]

Alright

I felt just like a baby

Until I held a baby

What a fool this boy can be

Yeah

And her thoughts like a daisy's

How my mind gets lazy

I must have been crazy not to see

Alright

[Chorus]

If the wrinkle that is in your brain

Has given you quite a sting

Your fingers have become a crane

Pulling on these puppet strings

[Outro]

Water never tasted so good

Water never tasted good to me

Wasting My Time Lyrics

[Verse 1]

And if I'm wasting my time

Then nothing could be better

Than hanging on the line

And waiting for an honest word forever

[Verse 2]

And if you're saying goodbye

Please don't you think me bitter

For recalling every rhyme

From the book, the page, the line, the word, the letter

[Verse 3]

Well the windows turning blue

And the waters ever flowing

And I hope I'm not a fool

For laughing at myself as you were going

Cannon Lyrics

19 ContributorsCannon LyricsAs the title of this song, the word cannon takes on several different meanings. At first it’s a gun, mounted on a tank. Then Jack White takes lyrics from the Son House version of “John the Revelator,” a… Read More Outside

My door

Unlocked

I’m lookin'

At this sound

That chime out of nowhere

Yeah, nowhere

Wheels turnin'

Scratching

And burnin'

Yeah

I saw guns

Tanks

Cannon

Yeah

Tell me who's that writin'

John the Revelator

Tell me who's that writin'

John the Revelator

Who's that writin'

John the Revelator wrote the book of the Seven Seals

Christ went down on Easter mornin'

Mary n' Martha went down to see

"Go tell my disciples, to meet me in Galilee"

Who's the writer?

John the Revelator

Tell me who's that writin'

John the Revelator

Tell me who's that writer

John the Revelator wrote the book of the Seven Seals

Yeah!

Lord above

How can man

Be evil?

Evil

Astro Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Maybe Jasper does the astro

Maybe Jasper does the astro, astro

[Verse 2]

Maybe Lily does the astro

Maybe Lily does the astro, astro

[Verse 3]

Maybe Jackson does the astro

Maybe Jackson does the astro, astro

[Verse 4]

Maybe Mamma does the astro

Maybe Mamma does the astro, astro

[Verse 5]

Well, maybe Tesla does the astro

Maybe Tesla does the astro

Maybe Edison is AC/DC

Broken Bricks Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl?

Snack down through the cyclone fence

Past the caution tape and the security gate

Backwards to the breakroom bench

Well, there's a little corner where you first got kissed

And felt your boyfriend's fist and made the company list

And there's a little spot where your dad ate lunch

And your brother landed his first punch yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl?

Seen the barrels that they left behind?

Seen the machine that cut aluminum clean

And got tape from the caution sign?

A broken-tooth window pane

Just a rusty-colored rain that drives a man insane

You try to jump over water, but you land in oil

Climb the ladder up a broken crane yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

Don't go to the broken bricks, girl

It's not the place that you want to be

Think about the spot your father spent his life

Demolition calls it "Building C"

Demolition calls it "Building C" now

Yeah

When I Hear My Name Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When I hear my name, I wanna disappear

Woah woah woah

[Verse 2]

When I see my face, I wanna disappear

Woah woah woah

[Verse 3]

When I see my face, I wanna disappear

Woah woah ooh

[Verse 1]

When I hear my name, I wanna disappear

Woah woah woah

Do Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, somebody walked up to me

But I didn't know what to do

And then somebody said hello to me

But I didn't know what to do

Because I think that my words could get twisted

So I bend my back over, take a gulp, be funny

'Cause I know there's nothing I can do

[Verse 2]

Then my mother tried to pick me up

'Cause I was sitting down on the ground

Something forced my little eyes come open

But I couldn't make out the sound

It doesn't matter 'cause my eyes are lyin'

And they don't have emotion

Don't wanna be social

Can't take it when they hate me

But I know there's nothing I can do

[Bridge]

When my thoughts start to feel like mine

They're taken from me, it seems to happen every time

And the feelings that are fine for you

There's somebody there who doesn't think they are true

So think of something new, there's nothing left to do

[Verse 3]

And then my idols walk next to me

I look up at them, they fade away

It's a destruction of a mystery

The more I listen to what they say

So does that mean that there's no more doing?

And there's no more thinking

And there's no more feeling

'Cause there's no right opinion

Can you tell me what I'm supposed to do?

Screwdriver Lyrics

[Screwdriver] was retaliation. This feeling that I owe somebody I… Read More [Verse 1]

It's Tuesday morning now

I gotta have somewhere to go

I call up Tommy now

I call him on the telephone

Won't you wake up and come with me now?

I'm going to the pawn and loan

Walking down thirty three

Walking down thirty oh

[Verse 2]

Well, what am I supposed to think?

I drop a nickel in the sink

I love people like a brother now

But I'm not gonna be their mother now

What if someone walked up to me

And like an apple, cut right through me?

I'm not just gonna stand there grinning

'Cause I'm not the one who's sinnin'

Screwdriver

[Verse 3]

Now that you have heard my story now

I've got a little ending to it now

Whenever you go out alone

Take a little dog a bone

And think about your little sister

Then you got to drive it home

Screwdriver

[Outro]

I got a little feeling goin' now

Now! Now! Now!

One More Cup of Coffee Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Your breath is sweet and weak

Your eyes are like jewel jewels in the sky

Your back is straight, your hair is smooth

On the pillow where you lie

But I don't sense affection

No gratitude, no love

Your loyalty is not to me

But to the stars above

[Chorus]

One more cup of coffee for the road

One more cup of coffee 'fore I go

To the valley below

[Verse 2]

Your daddy, he's an outlaw

And a wanderer by trade

He'll teach you how to pick and choose

And how to throw the blade

He oversees his kingdom

So no stranger does intrude

His voice, it trembles as he calls out

For another plate of food

[Chorus]

One more cup of coffee for the road

One more cup of coffee 'fore I go

To the valley below

[Verse 3]

Your sister sees the future

Like your mother and yourself

You don't know how to read or write

There's no books upon your shelf

But your pleasure knows no limits

And your voice is like a meadowlark

Your heart is like the ocean

Mysterious and dark

[Chorus]

One more cup of coffee for the road

One more cup of coffee 'fore I go

To the valley below

Little People Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a little girl who says bing bing bomb

There's a little girl who says bing bing bomb, hello oh oh

There's a little boy with a spider in his hand

There's a little boy with a spider in his hand, hello, oh oh

[Verse 2]

There's a little girl with the red shoes on

There's a little girl with the red shoes on, hello, oh oh

There's a little boy with twenty five cents

There's a little boy with twenty five cents, hello, oh oh

[Verse 3]

And there's a little girl with a tiger on her bed

There's a little girl with a tiger on her bed, hello, oh oh

There's a little boy with nothin' on his mind

There's a little boy with nothin' on his mind, hello

Slicker Drips Lyrics

[Chorus]

They're lookin' at me

Nowhere to go

And what they're sayin'

Just don't know

A floor below me

A ceiling above

And I'm in the middle

With nobody to love

Nobody to love

[Chorus]

Well, they're lookin' at me

Nowhere to go

I hear what they're sayin'

I just don't know

With a floor below you

A ceiling above

You're in the middle

With nobody to love

Nobody to love

Yeah

St. James Infirmary Blues Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, folks, I'm going down to St. James Infirmary

To see my little baby there

She's stretched out on a long, white table

Well, she looks so good, so cold, so fair

[Verse 2]

Let her go, let her go, God bless her

Wherever she may be

You may search this whole wide world over

But you'll never find another sweetheart like me

Yeah

[Verse 3]

Take apart your bones and put 'em back together

Tell your momma that you're somebody new

Feel the breeze blowin', tell 'em all, "look out, here he comes!"

Now I can say whatever I feel like to you

[Verse 4]

Then give me six crap-shootin' pallbearers

Let a chorus girl sing me a song

Put a red-hot jazz band at the top

We raise! Hallelujah, as we go along

Well

[Verse 5]

Well, folks, now that you have heard my story

Say, boy, hand me another shot of that rye!

And if anyone else should ask you

Just tell 'em I've got some of those St. James Infirmary blues

I Fought Piranhas Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well I hold the rope

And I hold the sail

And I kept my papers

To keep from land in jail

And I fought piranhas

And I fought the cold

There was no one with me

I was all alone

[Verse 2]

Well it's Easter morning now

And there's no one around

So I unroll the sermon

And walk into the town

There was no one with me

I was all alone

And I fought piranhas

And I fought the cold

[Verse 3]

Well you know what it's like

I don't got to tell you

Who puts up a fight

Walking out of hell now

When you fought piranhas

And you fought the cold

There's nobody with you

Yes you're all alone

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