You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
The White Stripes
Track 2 on Icky Thump
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Sep. 18, 20071 viewer13.6K views
You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) Lyrics
[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 for what you wanna do
Until I realize that you've realized
I'm gonna say these words to you
[Chorus]
You don't know what love is
You do as you're told
Just as a child at ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
[Verse 2]
I can see your man
Can't help but win
Any problems that may arise
But in his mind there can be no sin
If you never criticize
You just keep on repeating
All those empty "I love you's"
Until you say you deserve better
I'm gonna lay right into you
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 for what you wanna do
Until I realize that you've realized
I'm gonna say these words to you
[Chorus]
You don't know what love is
You do as you're told
Just as a child at ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
[Verse 2]
I can see your man
Can't help but win
Any problems that may arise
But in his mind there can be no sin
If you never criticize
You just keep on repeating
All those empty "I love you's"
Until you say you deserve better
I'm gonna lay right into you
[Chorus]
You don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
Just as a child of ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
You do as you're told
Yeah
You don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
Just as a child of ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
You do as you're told
Yeah
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“You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) is a single off of 2007’s Icky Thump. The song sees Jack White criticizing a woman’s way of being submissive to him. He continues to harp on her until she finally begins to speak up for herself.
The track was released on a 7-inch vinyl as well on September 25, 2007.
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Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Release Date
September 18, 2007
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