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Elephant - 2003

1	Seven Nation Army
2	Black Math
3	There's no home for you here
4	I just don't know what to do with myself
5	In the cold, cold night
6	I want to be the boy to warm your mother's heart
7	You've got her in your pocket
8	Ball and Biscuit
9	The Hardest Button to Button
10	Little Acorns
11	Hypnotize
12	The air near my fingers
13	Girl, you have no faith in medicine
14	Well, it's true that we love one another

1 Seven Nation Army

I'm going to fight them 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 talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarrette.

And the message coming from my eyes
Says leave it alone.

Don't want to 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 it coming 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 felling coming from my bones
Says find a home.

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat trip from 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 coming from my blood
Tell me go back home.

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2 Black Math

Dont you think that Im bound to react now?
Well, my fingers definitely turning to black now
Yeah, maybe Ill put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe thatll be nice
My books are sitting at the top of the stack now
The longer words are really breaking my back now
Maybe Ill learn to understand,
Drawing a square with a pencil in hand, yeah
Mathematically turning the page
Unequivocally showing my age
Im practically center stage
Undeniably earning your wage
well, maybe Ill put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe thatll be nice, yeah
Listen master can you answer a question?
Is it the fingers, or the brain
that youre teaching the lesson?
I can't tell you how proud I am
about that thinhs that I don't understand
Maybe Ill put my love on ice
And teach myself, maybe that would be nice, yeah

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3 There's no home for you here

Theres no home for you here girl,
go away
Theres no home for you here
Id like to think that all of this constant interaction
Is just the kind to make you drive yourself away
Each simple gesture done by me is counteracted
And leaves me standing here with nothing else to say
Completely baffled by a backward indication
That an inspired word will come across your tongue
Hands moving upward to propel the situation
Have simply halted
And now the conversations done
Theres no home for you here girl,
go away
Theres no home for you here
Im only waiting for the proper time to tell you
That its impossible to get along with you
Its hard to look you in the face when we are talking
So it helps to have a mirror in the room
Ive not been really looking forward to the performance
But theres my cue and theres a question on your face
Fortunately I have come across an answer
Which is go away
And do not leave a trace
Theres no home for you here girl
go away
Theres no home for you here
Waking up for breakfast
Burning matches
Talking quickly
Breaking baubles
Throwing garbage
Drinking soda
Looking happy
Taking pictures
So completely stupid
Just go away
Theres no home for you here girl,
go away
Theres no home for you here

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4 I just don't know what to do with myself

I just don´t know what to do with myself
I don´t know what to do with myself
Planning everything for two
Doing everything with you
And now that were through
I just don´t know what to do
I just don´t know what to do with myself
I don´t know what to do with myself
Movies only make me sad
Parties make me feel as bad
´Cause I´m not with you
I just don´t know what to do
Like a summer rose
Needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love
To beat love away
Well I don´t know what to do with myself
Just don´t know what to do with myself
Planning everything for two
Doing everything with you
And now that were through
I just don´t know what to do
Like a summer rose
Needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love
To beat love away
I just don´t know what to do with myself
Just don´t know what to do with myself
Just don´t know what to do with myself
I don´t know what to do with myself

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5 In the cold, cold night

I saw you standing in the corner
On the edge of a burning light
I saw you standing in the corner
Come to me again,
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night
You make me feel a little older,
Like a full grown woman might
But when youre gone I grow colder,
Come to me again
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night
I see you walking by my front door
I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor
I dont care what other people say
Im going to love you, anyway
Come to me again
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night

I cant stand it any longer
I need the fuel to make my fire bright
So dont fight it any longer
Come to me again,
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night
And I know that you feel it too,
When my skin turns into glue,
You will know that its warm inside
And youll come run to me,
In the cold, cold, night
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night
in the cold, cold night

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6 I want to be the boy to warm your mother's heart

I want to be the boy to warm your mothers heart
Im so scared to take you away
I tried to win her over right from the start
But something always got in the way
Weve been sitting in your backyard for hours
But she wont even come out and say hi
While my mother baked a little cake for you
And even dreaded when you said goodbye
What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull?
What kind of joke should I lay on her now?
Im inclined to go finish high school
Just to make her notice that Im around
Well nothing I come up with seems to work
It feels like everything I say is a lie
And never have I felt like such a jerk
Im afraid to even open my eyes
Because I really dont want her to judge me
I want her to really know who I am
And then, and only then will she love me
Well at least that was the plan
If ever a boy needed a holiday
If ever a girl needed someone to hold
I just hope I dont act the same way
By the time that I get that old
I never said I was the heir to a fortune
I never claimed to have any looks
But these kind of things must be important
Because somebody ripped out my page
In your telephone book
I want to warm her heart

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7 You've got her in your pocket

Youve got her in your pocket
and theres no way out now
put it in the safe and lock it
cause its home sweet home
Nobody ever told you that it was the wrong way
to trick a woman, make her feel she did it her way
and youll be there if she ever feels blue
and youll be there when she finds someone new
what to do
well you know
You keep her in your pocket
where theres no way out now
put it in the safe and lock it
cause its home sweet home
The smile on your face made her think
she had the right one
then she thought she was sure
by the way you two could have fun
but now she might leave
like shes threatened before
grab hold of her fast
before her feet leave the floor
and shes out the door
cause you want
To keep her in your pocket
where theres no way out now
put it in the safe and lock it
cause its home sweet home
And in your own mind
you know youre lucky just to know her
and in the beginning all you wanted
was to show her
but now youre scared
you think shes running away
you search in your hand for something clever to say
dont go away
cause I want
To keep you in my pocket

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8 Ball and Biscuit

Its quite possible that Im your third man girl
but its a fact that Im the seventh son
and right now you could care less about me
but soon enough you will care, by the time Im done
Lets have a ball and a biscuit sugar
and take our sweet time about it
lets have a ball girl
and take our sweet little time about it
tell everyone in the place to just get out
well get clean together
and Ill find me a soapbox
where I can shout it
Read it in the newspaper
ask your girlfriends and see if they know
that my strength is ten fold woman
Ill let you see it if you want to before you go
Its quite possible that Im your third man girl
But its a fact that Im the seventh son
It was the other two which made me your third
But it was my mother who made me the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care by the time Im done

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9 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

Well 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 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

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10 Little Acorns

Take all your problems
And rip 'em apart

Carry them off
In a shopping cart

And another thing
You should've known from the start
The problems in hand
Are lighter than at heart

Be like the squirrel, girl
Be like the squirrel
Give it a whirl, girl
Be like the squirrel

And another thing
You have to know in this world
Cut up your hair
Straighten your curls

Well, your problems
Hide in your curls

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11 Hypnotize

I want to hypnotize you baby
On the telephone
So many times I called your house
Just to hear the tone
And though I knew you weren't home
I didn't mind so much 'cause I'm so alone
I want to hypnotize you baby
On the telephone

I want to spin my little watch
Right before your eyes
You're the kind of girl a guy like me
Could hypnotize
And if this comes as a surprise
Just think of all those guys
Who would tell you lies
I want to spin my little watch
Right before your eyes

I want to hold your little hand
If I can be so bold
And be your right hand man
'til your hands get old
And then when all the feeling's gone
Just decide if you want to keep holding on
I want to hold your little hand
If I can be so bold
If I can be so bold
If I can be so bold

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12 The air near my fingers

Life is so boring
It's really got me snoring
I'm wearing out the flooring
In a cheap motel
But I don't have to work
And I might be sinning
But I never have to listen to
The rings of school bells

Don't you remember?
You told me in December
That a boy is not a man
Until he makes a stand
Will, I'm not a genius
But maybe you'll remember this
I never said I wanted to be a man

I get nervous when she comes around

My mom is so caring
She really got me staring
At all the crazy little things
She does for sure
And I can't seem to think of
Another kind of love
That a boy could ever get
From anyone but her

I get nervous when she comes around

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13 Girl, you have no faith in medicine

Girl, you have no faith in medicine
Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl, you have no faith in medicine

Is there a way to find the cure for this
Implanted in a pill?
Is it just the name upon the bottle
That determines if it will?

Is the problem you're allergic
To a well familiar name?
Do you have a problem with this one
If the results are the same?

Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl, you have no faith in medicine

Well strip the bark right off a tree
And just hand it this way
Don't even need a drink of water
To make the headache go away
Give me sugar pill
And watch me just rattle
Down the street

Acetaminophen
You see the medicine
Girl, you have no faith in medicine

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14 Well, it's true that we love one another

Well its true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well Holly I love you too but theres just so much
That I dont know about you
Jack give me some money to pay my bills
All the dough I give you Holly
You been using on pain pills
Jack will you call me if youre able?
I got your phone number written
In the back of my bible
Jack I think youre pulling my leg
And I think maybe Id better ask Meg
Meg do you think Jack really loves me?
You know, I dont care because Jack really bugs me
Why dont you ask him now?
Well I would but Meg, I really just dont know how
Just say Jack, do you adore me?
Well I would Holly but love really bores me
Well maybe we should just be friends
Im just kidding Holly
You know that Ill love you til the end
Well its true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well Holly I love you too but theres just so much
That I dont know about you
Holly give me some of your
English lovin
If I did that Jack Id have one in
the oven
Why dont you go off and love yourself
If I did that Holly there
wont be anything left
For anybody else
Jack its too bad
About the way that you look
You know I gave that horse a carrot
So hed break your foot
Will the two of you cut it out
And tell em what Its really all about
Well its true that we love one another
I love Jack White like a little brother
Well Holly I love you too
But theres just so much
That I dont know about you

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