the white stripes lyrics

" The Hardest Button To Button "
We started living in an old house
My ma gave birth and we were checking it out
It was a baby boy
So we bought him a toy
It was a ray gun
And it was 1981

We named him "Baby"
He had a toothache
He started crying
It sounded like an earthquake
It didn't last long
Because I stopped it
I grabbed a rag doll
And stuck some little pins in it

Now we're a family
And we're alright now
We got some money and a little place
To fight now
We don't know you
And we don't owe you
But if you see us around
I got something else to show you

Now it's easy when you don't know better
You think it's sleazy?
Then put it in a short letter
We keep warm
But there's just something wrong with you
Just feel like you're the hardest little button to button

I had opinions
That didn't matter
I had a brain
That felt like pancake batter
I got a backyard
With nothing in it
Except a stick
A dog
And a box with something in it

The hardest button to button (Repeat 11x)

" Seven Nation Army "
I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back
And I'm talkin' to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette

And the message comin' from my eyes says leave it alone...

Don't wanna hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the Hounds of Hell
And if I catch you comin' back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you!
And that ain't what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do

And the feeling coming from my bones says find a home...!

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera forevermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding
Right before the Lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will think no more

And the stains comin' from my blood tell me "Go back home"...

" Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground "
Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
Dead leaves and the dirty ground
when I know you're not around.
Shiny tops and soda pops
when I hear lips make a sound,
when I hear 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.