White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

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Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

03 : 04

Hotel Yorba

02 : 10

I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman

02 : 54

Fell in Love With a Girl

01 : 50

Expecting

02 : 03

Little Room

00 : 50

The Union Forever

03 : 26

The Same Boy You’ve Always Known

03 : 09

We’re Going to Be Friends

02 : 22

Offend in Every Way

03 : 06

I Think I Smell a Rat

02 : 04

Aluminum

02 : 19

I Can’t Wait

03 : 38

Now Mary

01 : 47

I Can Learn

03 : 31

This Protector

02 : 12

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Track Lyrics

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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'd need to see at all

Don't think I'd need to see at all

[Verse 4]

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

[Bridge]

I didn't feel so bad 'til the sun went down

Then I come home

No one to wrap my arms around

Wrap my arms around

[Verse 5]

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

Hotel Yorba Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Well, it's 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

[Verse 2]

I been thinking

Of a little place down by the lake

They got a dirty old road leading up to the house

I wonder how long it will take 'til we're alone

Sitting on the front porch of that home

Stomping our feet on the wooden boards

Never gotta worry about locking the door

[Chorus]

Well, it's 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

[Verse 3]

It might sound silly

For me to think childish thoughts like these

But I'm so tired of acting tough

And I'm gonna do what I please

Let's get married

In a big cathedral by a priest

'Cause if I'm the man that you love the most

You could say 'I do' at least

[Chorus]

Well, it's 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 it's 4, 5, 6, 7

Grab your umbrella

Grab hold of me

'Cause I'm your favorite fella

All they got inside is vacancy

I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Bridge]

Maybe it's whatever is in my hand

That's distracting me

But if I could find emotion

To stimulate devotion

Well then you'd see

[Verse 3]

Well I'm finding it hard to say

That I need you twenty 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

[Verse 4]

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 Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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"

[Verse 2]

Red hair with a curl

Mello-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

[Refrain]

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

[Hook]

Ah, ah

[Refrain]

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

[Verse 1]

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 because 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"

[Hook]

Ah, ah

[Refrain]

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

Expecting Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Your mouth said this never

But your fingers have shown me

Your head is so clever

You claim that you own me

Forever

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

I came back with handfuls

I did what you asked me

But after the thank yous

That you quickly got past me

I'm expected

You're expecting

I'm expected

Expected

[Outro]

Can you go get me the...

Little Room Lyrics

[Verse]

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

The Union Forever Lyrics

[Chorus]

It can't be love

For there is no true love

It can't be love

For there is no true love

[Verse 1]

Sure I'm C.F.K

But you gotta love me

The cost no man can say

But you gotta love me

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

It can't be love

For there is no true love

It can't be love

For there is no true love

[Verse 3]

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?

Whose favorite son?

Just by his action has the traction

Magnates 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

[Bridge]

You said, the union forever

You cried, the union forever

But that was untrue, girl

[Chorus]

'Cause it can't be love

For there is no true love

It can't be love

For there is no true love

The Same Boy You’ve Always Known Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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, yeah yeah

Pretty tough to think about

[Verse 2]

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

The same boy you've always known

Same boy you've always known

[Bridge]

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

[Verse 3]

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

We’re Going to Be Friends Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 are gonna be friends

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

Here we are, no one else

We walk to school all by ourselves

There's dirt on our uniforms

From chasing all the ants and worms

We clean up and now it's time to learn

[Verse 4]

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

[Bridge]

And 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

[Verse 5]

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 tomorrow, I'll bet

That you and I will walk together again

[Outro]

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Offend in Every Way Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Break]

[Verse 2]

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

[Break]

[Verse 3]

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

I Think I Smell a Rat Lyrics

[Verse]

Oh I think I smell a rat

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

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

Aluminum Lyrics

[Verse]

Ah [x16]

I Can’t Wait Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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?

[Chorus]

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

[Post-Chorus]

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 your mind

[Verse 2]

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

(Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah)

[Chorus]

Who do you think you're messing with girl

(Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah)

What do you think you're trying to do?

(Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah)

Do you really think I want be left out girl

(Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah)

Who do you think you're trying to fool

[Post-Chorus]

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 your mind

Now Mary Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Knowing you I'll think things are gonna be fine

But then again you'll probably change your mind

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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 Can Learn Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I wish we were stuck up a tree

Then we'd know that it's nicer below

I don't know any lullabyes

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Outro]

Falling down is no longer around

Feeling sun, I'm no longer one

Well isn't this fun?

This Protector Lyrics

[Verse 1]

[Spoken by Meg]

I never thought that I had to be this protector

So many thoughts inside my head a strange collector

[Pre-Chorus]

But now

Now, now, now, now, now

[Chorus]

You thought you heard a sound

There's no one else around

Looking at the door

It's coming through the floor

[Verse 2]

300 people living out in West Virginia

Have no idea of all these thoughts that lie within ya

[Pre-Chorus]

But now

Now, now, now, now, now

[Chorus]

You thought you heard a sound

There's no one else around

Looking at the door

It's coming through the floor

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Track Lyrics

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Lyrics

Hotel Yorba Lyrics

I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman Lyrics

Fell in Love With a Girl Lyrics

Expecting Lyrics

Little Room Lyrics

The Union Forever Lyrics

The Same Boy You’ve Always Known Lyrics

We’re Going to Be Friends Lyrics

Offend in Every Way Lyrics

I Think I Smell a Rat Lyrics

Aluminum Lyrics

I Can’t Wait Lyrics

Now Mary Lyrics

I Can Learn Lyrics

This Protector Lyrics