Rolling a juke joint box in the corner
Trolling myself in the mirror at night
Keeping an eye on my grindstone future
Staying away from the left and the right
California born and raised
But these days
She's living with another
Plastic features, perfect face
What a waste
And I'm still thinking of her
Laying the cardinal sins on the table
Pouring the coffee out on the grounds
Changing the losses to wins if I'm able
Switching the pitch to an audible sound
Running the rounds of the mundane soldier
Trading the cards and erasing the names
Feeling a pounding, insane, colder
Sounding, system, feeding the flames
Well I'm Detroit bored and razed
But these days
I'm living with another
You tell me she can be replaced
But that's not the case
I'm so lost without her
Rolling a juke joint box in the corner
Trolling myself in the mirror at night
Keeping an eye on my grindstone future
Staying away from the left and the right
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger Album Lyrics
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger Lyrics
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Help Me Stranger
If you call me I'll come running
And you can call me anytime
These sixteen strings we're strumming
They will back up every line, every line, every line
If you call me I'll come running
And you can call me anytime
And these sixteen strings we're strumming
They will back up every line
There's a motivation about you
That moves me when we're apart
It agitates my affection
And it wants to break my heart
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
It's not essential that I feel you
But it's a sensitive device
I'm reverential when I hear you
I genuflect to your advice
Well, I wish I had the words
And I want those words to rhyme
And I wish I had the nerve
'Cause I sure don't have the time
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
And you can call me anytime
These sixteen strings we're strumming
They will back up every line, every line, every line
If you call me I'll come running
And you can call me anytime
And these sixteen strings we're strumming
They will back up every line
There's a motivation about you
That moves me when we're apart
It agitates my affection
And it wants to break my heart
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
It's not essential that I feel you
But it's a sensitive device
I'm reverential when I hear you
I genuflect to your advice
Well, I wish I had the words
And I want those words to rhyme
And I wish I had the nerve
'Cause I sure don't have the time
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Help me, stranger
Help me get it off my mind
Get me back on my feet
Brother, can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
Brother can you spare the time?
Writer: Brendan Benson, Jack White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Only Child
Only child, only son
Treated like a criminal ever since day one
Only child, where do you go?
And are you coming back again? 'Cause no one wants to know
Only child, one of these days
Someone's gonna come around, and try to make you change
Only child, sensitive soul
You see the beauty in everything, without ever being told
I thought about leaving you, once or twice
Leaving it all behind, and never think twice
Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice
Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind
Only child, the prodigal son
Has come back home again to get his laundry done
And I thought about leaving here once or twice
Leaving it all behind and never think twice
Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice
Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind
Treated like a criminal ever since day one
Only child, where do you go?
And are you coming back again? 'Cause no one wants to know
Only child, one of these days
Someone's gonna come around, and try to make you change
Only child, sensitive soul
You see the beauty in everything, without ever being told
I thought about leaving you, once or twice
Leaving it all behind, and never think twice
Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice
Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind
Only child, the prodigal son
Has come back home again to get his laundry done
And I thought about leaving here once or twice
Leaving it all behind and never think twice
Somewhere far away on a beach sounds nice
Nothing on my mind, nothing on my mind
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Dont Bother Me
(Don't bother me, bother me)
(Don't bother me, bother me)
Your hidden agenda (don't bother me, bother me)
You ruthless rule bender (don't bother me, bother me)
Your surface duplicity (don't bother me, bother me)
It's all nothing new to me (don't bother me, bother me)
The way you look in the mirror (don't bother me, bother me)
You're your biggest admirer (don't bother me, bother me)
All your clicking and swiping (don't bother me, bother me)
All your groping and griping (don't bother me, bother me)
Yeah!
The lack of your empathy (don't bother me, bother me)
Your "Who me?" fake apologies (don't bother me, bother me)
Your political science (don't bother me, bother me)
Your stupid island alliance (don't bother me, bother me)
Your squatting at my place (don't bother me, bother me)
Your grinning in my face (don't bother me, bother me)
You fake punk jacket liar (don't bother me, bother me)
Easy target, easy tiger (don't bother me, bother me)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Oh!
Your both sides of the old fence (don't bother me)
Your malicious compliance (don't bother me)
The surplus of your apathy
It don't bother me
It's all nothing new to me
It don't bother me
(Don't bother me, bother me)
Your hidden agenda (don't bother me, bother me)
You ruthless rule bender (don't bother me, bother me)
Your surface duplicity (don't bother me, bother me)
It's all nothing new to me (don't bother me, bother me)
The way you look in the mirror (don't bother me, bother me)
You're your biggest admirer (don't bother me, bother me)
All your clicking and swiping (don't bother me, bother me)
All your groping and griping (don't bother me, bother me)
Yeah!
The lack of your empathy (don't bother me, bother me)
Your "Who me?" fake apologies (don't bother me, bother me)
Your political science (don't bother me, bother me)
Your stupid island alliance (don't bother me, bother me)
Your squatting at my place (don't bother me, bother me)
Your grinning in my face (don't bother me, bother me)
You fake punk jacket liar (don't bother me, bother me)
Easy target, easy tiger (don't bother me, bother me)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Oh!
Your both sides of the old fence (don't bother me)
Your malicious compliance (don't bother me)
The surplus of your apathy
It don't bother me
It's all nothing new to me
It don't bother me
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Shine the Light on Me
(Ooh)
(Ooh) what can you do?
(Ooh) what does it prove love?
New love comes so, what can you do?
When you're searching in the dark
It doesn't matter if you're blind does it?
Can't you see?
And even lightning's just a spark
But it's so enlightening when you need to
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can you do love?
(Ooh) if only we knew?
(Ooh) what does it prove love?
New love comes so, what can you do?
My hands are colder when you're gone
It makes it hard to play the notes
I write to warm your mind
But nothing's colder than a song
That's never played in a pile of papers left behind
And only God can know
Why the stories told
Over, and over again
But we don't need to know
Why the flowers grow
Let's just be happy they can
When you're searching in the dark
It doesn't matter if you're blind does it?
Can't you see?
And even lightning's just a spark
But it's so enlightening when you need to
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Yeah
(Ooh) what can you do?
(Ooh) what does it prove love?
New love comes so, what can you do?
When you're searching in the dark
It doesn't matter if you're blind does it?
Can't you see?
And even lightning's just a spark
But it's so enlightening when you need to
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can you do love?
(Ooh) if only we knew?
(Ooh) what does it prove love?
New love comes so, what can you do?
My hands are colder when you're gone
It makes it hard to play the notes
I write to warm your mind
But nothing's colder than a song
That's never played in a pile of papers left behind
And only God can know
Why the stories told
Over, and over again
But we don't need to know
Why the flowers grow
Let's just be happy they can
When you're searching in the dark
It doesn't matter if you're blind does it?
Can't you see?
And even lightning's just a spark
But it's so enlightening when you need to
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Shine the light on me
(Ooh) what can we do?
Yeah
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Somedays (I Dont Feel Like Trying)
I've got so much to give
I got a lot a heart
Yeah, only trouble is, it's doomed from the start
And I've been riding this thing out
Since I was 8 yrs old
And if you could just see inside of me
You'd see a heart made of gold
And I try to live a good life
And keep an open mind
Gave up everything I love
And kept it all inside
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays
Somedays
Somedays
Somedays
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I got a lot a heart
Yeah, only trouble is, it's doomed from the start
And I've been riding this thing out
Since I was 8 yrs old
And if you could just see inside of me
You'd see a heart made of gold
And I try to live a good life
And keep an open mind
Gave up everything I love
And kept it all inside
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays, I just feel like crying
Somedays, I don't feel like trying
Somedays
Somedays
Somedays
Somedays
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
I'm here right now
I'm not dead yet
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)
I'll buy you a Chevrolet
I'll buy you a Chevrolet
I'll buy you a Chevrolet
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a diamond ring
I'll buy you a diamond ring
I'll buy you a diamond ring
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a Cadillac
I'll buy you a Cadillac
I'll buy you a Cadillac
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a sugar cube
I'll buy you a sugar cube
I'll buy you a sugar cube
If you just give me some of your love, man
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, girl
If you just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a Chevrolet
I'll buy you a Chevrolet
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a diamond ring
I'll buy you a diamond ring
I'll buy you a diamond ring
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a Cadillac
I'll buy you a Cadillac
I'll buy you a Cadillac
If you just give me some of your love, girl
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, babe
Just give me some of your love
I'll buy you a sugar cube
I'll buy you a sugar cube
I'll buy you a sugar cube
If you just give me some of your love, man
Just give me some of your love
Just give me some of your love, girl
If you just give me some of your love
Writer: DONOVAN LEITCH
Copyright: Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Sunday Driver
Woo!
Here comes the Sunday driver
Came to get my sister
We know he's such a liar
Can't believe I missed her
Ain't it right? Yeah
Ain't it wrong?
It's a fact
Sing my song
If I know he's gonna spin it
Can't believe she kissed him
He said, "Give me just a minute
I'm working on a system"
Ain't it right? Woo!
Ain't it wrong?
It's a fact, yeah
Sing my song
Woo!
Let's take a drive
Let's take our time
Paying no mind
To people behind
The road stretches wide
You're close by my side
Let's kill some time
Let's go for a drive
It ain't right, woo!
It ain't wrong
It's a fact
Sing my song
Woo!
Here comes the Sunday driver
Here comes the Sunday driver
Came to get my sister
We know he's such a liar
Can't believe I missed her
Ain't it right? Yeah
Ain't it wrong?
It's a fact
Sing my song
If I know he's gonna spin it
Can't believe she kissed him
He said, "Give me just a minute
I'm working on a system"
Ain't it right? Woo!
Ain't it wrong?
It's a fact, yeah
Sing my song
Woo!
Let's take a drive
Let's take our time
Paying no mind
To people behind
The road stretches wide
You're close by my side
Let's kill some time
Let's go for a drive
It ain't right, woo!
It ain't wrong
It's a fact
Sing my song
Woo!
Here comes the Sunday driver
Writer: Brendan Benson, Jack White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Now That Youre Gone
(Never thought it would be like this)
What will you do
Now that you're gone?
On to somebody new
Well, that didn't take long
And where you gonna go?
Not that I care
And who can you trust
Now that I'm not there?
Never known such unhappiness
Never thought it would be like this
What will I do now that you're gone?
Now that you're gone
And what will you do?
Now you're all alone
Who's gonna keep you warm
Out there in the cold?
And who's gonna rescue you
When you're lost at sea?
And who's gonna love you
If it isn't me?
Never known such unhappiness
Never thought it would end like this
Oh, what will I do now that you're gone?
Now that you're gone
Now, you're lost in the wilderness
You never dreamed it would end like this
What will they say
Now that you're gone?
Now that you're, now that you're gone
What will you do
Now that you're gone?
On to somebody new
Well, that didn't take long
And where you gonna go?
Not that I care
And who can you trust
Now that I'm not there?
Never known such unhappiness
Never thought it would be like this
What will I do now that you're gone?
Now that you're gone
And what will you do?
Now you're all alone
Who's gonna keep you warm
Out there in the cold?
And who's gonna rescue you
When you're lost at sea?
And who's gonna love you
If it isn't me?
Never known such unhappiness
Never thought it would end like this
Oh, what will I do now that you're gone?
Now that you're gone
Now, you're lost in the wilderness
You never dreamed it would end like this
What will they say
Now that you're gone?
Now that you're, now that you're gone
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Live a Lie
I like it better when you tell me lies
When you hide what's behind those eyes
Don't wanna know about the things you do
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I like it better when you lie to me
I can't take all this honesty
And I don't need to know the cold hard truth
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I wanna see you say it to my face
Come on man now cut to the chase
Tell me it doesn't thrill you too
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
When you hide what's behind those eyes
Don't wanna know about the things you do
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I like it better when you lie to me
I can't take all this honesty
And I don't need to know the cold hard truth
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I wanna see you say it to my face
Come on man now cut to the chase
Tell me it doesn't thrill you too
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
I just wanna lie with you
I just wanna live a lie with you
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Whats Yours is Mine
There ain't no difference between yours and mine
I think about this almost every time
So listen very closely
'Cause I'm only gonna say it twice
Kid why you think that you can blow my mind?
Listen, I think about this nearly every time
Listen very closely
'Cause I'm only gonna say it twice
And if I have to say it again
It's probably bad advice
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
There ain't no difference between yours and mine
I think about this nearly every time
It doesn't matter where you draw the line
I'm gonna cross it almost every time
Pay attention to me
'Cause I'm only gonna do it again
What's yours is mine
What's mine is yours
What's yours is mine
I think about this almost every time
So listen very closely
'Cause I'm only gonna say it twice
Kid why you think that you can blow my mind?
Listen, I think about this nearly every time
Listen very closely
'Cause I'm only gonna say it twice
And if I have to say it again
It's probably bad advice
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
Yours is mine
There ain't no difference between yours and mine
I think about this nearly every time
It doesn't matter where you draw the line
I'm gonna cross it almost every time
Pay attention to me
'Cause I'm only gonna do it again
What's yours is mine
What's mine is yours
What's yours is mine
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Thoughts and Prayers
How can the grim reaper creep
If he really doesn't have the time?
And how long would you sleep
If the sun decided not to shine?
There's a man who lives up the block
He doesn't even own a clock
Sometimes he stays awake for days
He's doing it his own way
I used to give my friends a call
Now there's no one left at all
I think my father used to say
There's got to be a different way
To make myself feel OK
Or maybe that's just how he used to pray
And who cares how people live
If living's all they got?
And who knows how money grows?
Drop a nickel in the pot
I wrote a letter down to you
Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
It's a recipe for blue
Like it's 1862
Maybe I'm just a cast away
Or a poor boy led astray
There's no one left here to betray
The only child of the earth
Nobody left here to give birth
It's hard to tell what that's worth
I used to look up at the sky
Up at the beautiful blue sky
But now the earth has turned to gray
There's got to be a better way
To talk to God and hear her say
There are reasons why it is this way
If he really doesn't have the time?
And how long would you sleep
If the sun decided not to shine?
There's a man who lives up the block
He doesn't even own a clock
Sometimes he stays awake for days
He's doing it his own way
I used to give my friends a call
Now there's no one left at all
I think my father used to say
There's got to be a different way
To make myself feel OK
Or maybe that's just how he used to pray
And who cares how people live
If living's all they got?
And who knows how money grows?
Drop a nickel in the pot
I wrote a letter down to you
Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
It's a recipe for blue
Like it's 1862
Maybe I'm just a cast away
Or a poor boy led astray
There's no one left here to betray
The only child of the earth
Nobody left here to give birth
It's hard to tell what that's worth
I used to look up at the sky
Up at the beautiful blue sky
But now the earth has turned to gray
There's got to be a better way
To talk to God and hear her say
There are reasons why it is this way
Writer: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group