Favorite White Stripes lyrics

[kalv04]

"I'm sorry to leave you all alone
you're sitting silent by the phone
but we've always known there would come a day"

It's like painting with words, from my favorite white stripes song.

Ah, it's the last verse of that one that gets me--

"The bus is warm and softly lit,
and a hundred people ride on it.
Guess I'm just another runnin' away."

Definitely my favorite...gives me goosebumps

[love_islander]

Where there is a lie, there is a liar too
Where there is a sin, there is a sinner too

[Kali Durga]

"And if you're saying goodbye,
please don't you think me bitter
for recalling every rhyme,
from the book, the page, the line, the word, the letter."

One of my absolute favorites.

[mojoryan]

And there was a time when all I wanted
Was my ice cream colder and a little cream soda
Oh well, oh well

And a wooden box and an alley full of rocks
Was all I had to care about
Oh well, oh well, oh well

Now my mind is filled with rubber tires and forest fires
And whether I'm a liar
And lots of other situations
Where I don't know what to do
At which time God screams to me
There's nothing left for me to tell you

Super fucking melancholy reality right there. Kills me. Every. Damn. Time.

[Moller72]

And there was a time when all I wanted
Was my ice cream colder and a little cream soda
Oh well, oh well

And a wooden box and an alley full of rocks
Was all I had to care about
Oh well, oh well, oh well

Now my mind is filled with rubber tires and forest fires
And whether I'm a liar
And lots of other situations
Where I don't know what to do
At which time God screams to me
There's nothing left for me to tell you
Super fucking melancholy reality right there. Kills me. Every. Damn. Time.

Oh well, oh well, oh well.

[mojoryan]

And there was a time when all I wanted
Was my ice cream colder and a little cream soda
Oh well, oh well

And a wooden box and an alley full of rocks
Was all I had to care about
Oh well, oh well, oh well

Now my mind is filled with rubber tires and forest fires
And whether I'm a liar
And lots of other situations
Where I don't know what to do
At which time God screams to me
There's nothing left for me to tell you
Super fucking melancholy reality right there. Kills me. Every. Damn. Time.

Oh well, oh well, oh well.

Indeed. Life does move on, doesn't it?

[flattop2001]

You want to take away from me
Things that are mine and it's not your right
I'll bet you wouldn't expect a fight,

Can it be that I don't want what you want?
And the only thing I could care for
Is a place in a home that is safe and warm

[anonymousbrunette]

Too many, I agree. They seem so simple and lovely, but then you try to write lyrics of your own and realize that they are brilliant and heart-wrenching.

But I stayed in my lane
and played my game steady
and was thinking of a day
when I'd be too old to throw a ball this heavy

And he's lookin' at her the way I did
when I first met her
I could see in his face
white flowers
and cups of coffee
and love letters

I thought how much I hate when love makes me act this way

[Kali Durga]

^^ No matter what else Jack does with his career, Hand Springs will always be one of the best things he's ever written. The rhyming scheme alone just trips me out.


"And with the weight of a feather it tore into me."

[Arran_Ramone]

"I'm sorry Mary but being your mate, means trying to find something that you aren't going to hate... What a season- To be beautiful, without a reason..."

[Kali Durga]

"Well, it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around.
So I unroll the cement
And walk into the town.
There was no one with me,
I was all alone.
And I fought piranhas,
And I fought the cold."

[hawke000]

"Well, it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around.
So I unroll the cement
And walk into the town.
There was no one with me,
I was all alone.
And I fought piranhas,
And I fought the cold."

That's not a white stripes lyric.

[mojoryan]

"Well, it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around.
So I unroll the cement
And walk into the town.
There was no one with me,
I was all alone.
And I fought piranhas,
And I fought the cold."

That's not a white stripes lyric.

?
What am I missing? Are you hearing a different lyric than I am? Is this a case of "misheard lyrics"?
(misheard lyrics are ALWAYS entertaining, btw)

[Kali Durga]

That's not a white stripes lyric.

Why, did Johnny Walker write the whole song or something?