Genius Lyrics
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The White Stripes – Icky Thump
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The title song and the first track on the album, it has very abrupt tempo and melody changes.
“Icky Thump” follows the story of a white American who goes to Mexico looking for a
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The White Stripes – Icky Thump Samples
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See all of “Icky Thump” by The White Stripes’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The White Stripes – Bone Broke
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[Verse 1] / Hey, hey! / Look closer and you can see how I been running it / I got a dollar bill in the cockpit / Surprised being white is a black hole / I got another job at the
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The White Stripes – Catch Hell Blues
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[Intro] / If you go looking for hot water—don't act shocked when you get—burned a little bit / If you really want some hot water—I can help you find it / Ohhhhh, ohh! / Ohhhhh, ohh
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The White Stripes – Rag and Bone
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“Rag and Bone” is a single off of 2007’s Icky Thump. On the track, Jack and Meg put on a comedic performance as “Rag and Bone” men, or junk collectors that sell unwanted items to
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The White Stripes – Little Cream Soda
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The hard-hitting riff in “Little Cream Soda” was originally improvised by Jack White at a show he did in Cleveland. After some time he had forgotten it, until his nephew brought
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The White Stripes – Tennessee Border
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[Verse 1] / Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn / Her smile was like an angel fair / She was her daddy's only daughter on the tennessee border / [Chorus] / One night, i took a
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The White Stripes – Effect and Cause
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This song is Jack White’s lament on the nature of females, specifically when in a relationship with one.
Jack White reveals at the end of the last verse before the chorus that:
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The White Stripes – 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
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“300 M.P.H Torrential Outpour Blues” is the third track on The White Stripes 6th and final album, Icky Thump.
Jack White explained that when writing this song, his goal was to use
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The White Stripes – St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
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[Verse] / This battle is in the air / I'm looking upwards / Where are the angels? / I'm not in my home / St. Andrew don't forsake me / St. Andrew / Don't forsake me / Who is here
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The White Stripes – You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
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[Verse 1] / In some respects / I suspect you've got a respectable side / When pushed and pulled and pressured / You seldom run and hide / But it's for someone else's benefit / Not
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The White Stripes – I'm Slowly Turning into You
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[Verse 1] / I'm slowly turning into you / But you don't know this / Tell the truth / You say I'm lying and I never really tell you the truth / But your face is getting older / So
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The White Stripes – Conquest
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[Verse 1] / Conquest / He was out to make a conquest / Didn't care what harm was done / Just as long as he won the prize / Conquest / She was just another conquest / Didn't care
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The White Stripes – Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn
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[Chorus] / Singing / Li de li de li oh oh / Well a li de li de li oh / Li de li de li oh oh oh / Well a li de li de li oh / [Verse 1] / Well the hills are pretty and rollin' / But
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The White Stripes – A Martyr for My Love for You
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[Verse 1] / She was sixteen and six feet tall / In a crowd of teenagers coming out of the zoo / She stumbled, started to slip and fall / Teeter-tottered on the top of patent
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