The White Stripes - De Stijl lyrics
- You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
- Hello Operator
- Little Bird
- Apple Blossom
- I'm Bound to Pack It Up
- Death Letter
- Sister, Do You Know My Name?
- Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
- A Boy's Best Friend
- Let's Build A Home
- Jumble, Jumble
- Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
- Your Southern Can Is Mine
You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
Oh yeah, you're pretty good looking for a girl,
But your back is so broken.
And this feeling's still gonna linger on,
Until the year 2525 now.
Yeah, you're pretty good looking for a girl,
Your eyes are wide open.
And your thoughts have been stolen by the boys,
Who took you out and bought you everything you own now.
Yeah, you're pretty good looking, oh yeah,
You're pretty good looking.
Yes, you're pretty good looking, oh yeah, for a girl.
Lots of people in this world,
But I want to be your boy.
To me that thought, it sounds so absurd,
And I don't wanna be your toy.
Cause you're pretty good looking for a girl,
My future's wide open.
But this feeling's still gonna linger on,
Until I know everything I need to know now.
Yeah, you're pretty good looking, oh yeah,
You're pretty good looking.
Yes, you're pretty good looking, oh yeah, for a girl.
Hello Operator
Hello operator...
Can you give me number nine?
Can I see you later?
Will you give me back my dime?
Turn the oscillator,
Twist it with a dollar bill,
Mail man bring the paper
Leave it on my window sill.
Find a canary,
A bird to bring my message home.
Carry my obituary,
My coffin doesn't have a phone.
How you gonna get the money?
Send papers to an empty home?
How you gonna get the money?
Nobody to answer the phone.
Little Bird
I got a little bird
im gonna take her home
put her in a cage
and disconnect the phone
If you give me a look
im gonna get the book
im gonna preach the word
i wanna preach to birds
as i walk the floor
yeah this i know
When i get you home
this is how it goes
i got nothing to lose
ill never let you go
Apple Blossom
Hey little apple blossom,
What seems to be the problem?
All the ones you tell your troubles to,
They don't really care for you.
Come and tell me what you're thinking,
Cuz just when the boat is sinking,
A little light is blinking,
And I will come and rescue you.
Lots of girls walk around in tears,
But that's not for you.
You've been looking all around for years
For someone to tell your troubles to.
Come and sit with me and talk a while;
Let me see your pretty little smile.
Put your troubles in a little pile,
And I will sort 'em out for you.
Lots of girls walk around in tears,
But that's not for you.
You've been looking all around for years
For someone to tell your troubles to.
Come and sit with me and talk a while;
Let me see your pretty little smile.
Put your troubles in a little pile,
And I will sort 'em out for you.
I'll fall in love with you;
I think I'll marry you.
I'm Bound to Pack It Up
Ive thought about it for a while
and Ive thought about the many miles
but I think its time that Ive gone away
the feelings that you have for me
have gone away its plain to see
and it looks to me that your pulling away
Im gonna pick it up
Im gonna pick it up today
Im bound pack it up
Im bound pack it up and go away
Ive found it hard to say to you
that this is what I have to do
but there is no way that Im gonna stay
there are so many things you need to know
and I wanna tell you before I go
but its hard to think of just what to say
Im gonna pick it up
Im gonna pick it up today
Im bound pack it up
Im bound pack it up and go away
Im sorry to leave you all alone
youre sitting silent by the phone
but we'd always known there would come a day
the bus is warm and softly lit
and a hundred people ride in it
I guess Im just another running away
Im gonna pick it up
Im gonna pick it up today
Im bound pack it up
Im bound pack it up and go away
Death Letter
I got a letter this mornin',
what do you reckon it read?
It said the gal you love is dead.
I got a letter this mornin',
what do you reckon' it read?
It said 'Hurry hurry,
because the gal you love is dead'.
Well I packed up my suitcase,
took off down the road.
When I got there she was,
laying on the cooling board.
I packed up my suitcase,
and I took off down the road.
When I got there she was,
laying on the cooling board.
Well...
Hell...
It looked like ten thousand people,
standin' around the burying ground.
Didn't know I loved her,
'til they began to let her down.
Looked like ten thousand,
people standing on the burying ground.
Well didn't know that I loved her,
'til they began to let her down.
You know it's so hard to love,
someone that don't love you.
Won't get satisfaction...
don't care what you do.
So hard to love,
well, someone that don't love you.
Don't look like satisfaction,
well I don't care what you do.
Yeah...
Hush!
Thought I heard her call my name...
Well I got up this morning,
the break of day.
Just hugging the pillows,
she used to lay.
Got up this morning,
believe the break of day.
Just hugging the pillows,
where my baby used to lay.
Sister, Do You Know My Name?
Well we're back in school again
and I don't really know anyone
I really want to be your friend
cause I don't really know anyone
And the bus is pulling
up to your house
I wish you could be sitting here
next to me
i didn't see you at summer school
but I saw you at the corner store
and I don't want to break the rules
cause I've broken them all before
But every time I see you
I wonder why
I don't break a couple rules
so that you'll notice me
Sister do you know my name?
I've heard it before but I wanna know
I got a funny feeling
that it's gonna work out
cause now I see you sitting here
next to me
Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
My baby's got a heart of stone
can't you people just leave her alone
she never did nothing to hurt you
so just leave her alone
The motion of her tiny hands
and the quiver of her bones below
are the signs of a girl alone
and tell you everything
you need to know
I can't explain it
I feel it often
everytime I see her face...
but the way you treat her
fills me with rage and I
want to tear apart the place
You try to tell her what to do
and all she does is stare at you
her stare is louder than your voice
because truth doesn't make a noise
No truth doesn't make a noise
The Truth doesn't make a noise
I can't explain it
I feel it often
everytime I see her face...
but the way you treat her
fills me with rage and I
want to tear apart the place
A Boy's Best Friend
I just don't fit it in this place
Their thoughts cast me out of here
Their home has run out of space
My mind's already out of here
Won't you come along, dear?
Won't you come along?
Words that are spoke alone
Phrases you will never hear
Empty rooms and a telephone
That I will never use
Never fear
I am all alone, dear
I am all alone
My dogs come sit next to me
A pack of dogs and cigarettes
My only friends speak no words to me
But they look at me and they don't forget
That a boy's best friend
Is his mother or whatever has become his pet
Let's Build A Home
Some bricks now baby said "Let's build a home"
Some bricks now baby said "Let's build a home"
C'mon
Alright
C'mon
I'm getting lazy won't you throw me a bone?
I'm getting lazy won't you throw me a bone?
C'mon
Alright
C'mon
Some bricks now baby said "Let's build a home"
Some bricks now baby said "Let's build a home"
C'mon
Alright
C'mon
Jumble, Jumble
Jumble jumble
all at my house
come on over
sleep on the couch
cant even see ya
look like a mouse
Crumble crumble
the bag is brown
rip up the paper
to hear a sound
pick up the pieces
up off the ground
Tumble tumble
on to the floor
roll over
until your poor
wave to me
Im at the door
Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
Somebody's screaming
looking at the ceilling
everything's so funny
I don't have any money
people don't even know me
but they know how to show me
Why can't you be nicer to me?
My pride is dying
I think I'm all done lying
nobody's sharing
so I stop caring
all alone and walking
nobody's talking
Why can't you be nicer to me?
Well the wind is blowing
where am I going
off a bridge and falling
nobody's calling
on the ground and laying
nobody's praying
Why can't you be nicer to me?
Your Southern Can Is Mine
Now looky here momma let me explain you this
You wanna get crooked I'll even give you my fist
You might read from Revelation back to Genesie
You get crooked your southern can belongs to me
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine in the mornin'
Your southern can belongs to me
You might go uptown have me arrested, put in jail
Some hotshot's got money, gonna pull my bail
Soon as I get out, hit the ground
Your southern can is worth a dollar an' a half a pound
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, talkin' about it
Your southern can belongs to me
You might take it from the south, baby, hide it up north
Understand you can't rule me or be my boss
Take it from the east and hide in the west
But when I get you momma your can't a-see no rest
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, I'm screamin'
Your southern can belongs to me
Now baby, ashes to ashes, sand to sand
When I hit you momma then you feel my hand
Give you a punch through that barbed wire fence
When I hit you baby, you know I make no sense
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, I know it
Your southern can belongs to me
Now look here woman, don't get hot
I'm gonna grab me a brick outta my backyard
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, I'm takin' about it
Your southern can belongs to me
Well if I catch you momma down in the heart of town
I'm gonna grab me a brick and tear your can on down
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, I know it
Your southern can belongs to me
You may be deathbed sick, baby graveyard bound
Gonna make you moan like a graveyard hound
So there ain't no use in bringin' no jive to me
Your southern can is mine, I'm screamin'
Your southern can belongs to me