Horehound

The Dead Weather Horehound Lyrics
1.60 Feet Tall

Lyricist:Dean Anthony Fertita, Alison Mosshart

You're so cruel and shameless but I can't leave you be
You're so cold and dangerous, I can't leave you be
You got the kind of loving I need constantly

Hooked up to my motor all day long
We go down to Texas, up to Montreal
Two eyes none the wiser in the deep
Oh, when the water gets hotter both hands in the deep

You got my attention, oh you got it all
I can take the trouble 'cause I'm 60 feet tall

I know it ain't easy, I must tap your evil well
Boy, you come roaring like a bat out of hell
You drive me so reckless, you'll kill us all

I can take the trouble, I'll take you on
Take the trouble 'cause I'm 60 feet tall

You're so cruel and shameless but I can't let leave you be
So cold and dangerous that I can't leave you be
You got the kind of loving I need constantly

I can take the trouble 'cause I'm 60 feet tall


2.Hang You From The Heavens

Lyricist:Dean Anthony Fertita, Alison Mosshart

I never know how to treat you
You say I love you but it ain't true
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back two

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens

I don't know how to let you go
Or if I should keep you
I don't know how to let you know
(Hey)
I really do got a reason

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And drag you to the devil

I never know why I push you
Just to, just to confuse you
I make the hole just to see how
See through me how I push you

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens

I'd like to grab you by the hair
And sell you off to the devil

I never know in what mood you'll be
Be mine, be kind or be cruel to me
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back three

I never know what I'm gonna do
I say I'm leaving but it ain't true
I got a lot I could do to you
(Hey)
Nothing you can do to stop this

I wanna grab you by the hair
I wanna grab you by the hair
I wanna grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens


3.I Cut Like A Buffalo

Lyricist:John Anthony White

Yeah, you know I look like a woman
But I cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
Then I fall just like a domino

Yes, well, you can give me if you want to, aye
Do whatever makes you happy
You should try to take it easy on me
'Cause I don't know how to take it

You're a prick with a pin woman, yeah

Wake me up when you're broke
Only if it's broken
You know I treat you like a joke
But you can't tell when I'm jokin'

Yeah, you cut a record on my throat, yeah
But the record's not broken
Cut a record on my throat, yeah
But the record's not broken

Is that you chokin', is that you chokin'
Is that you chokin', aye or are you just jokin'

Yeah, you know I look like a woman
But I cut like a buffalo

Wake me up when it's broke
Just like a woman
Cut a record on my throat
Then you break me wide open

Is that you jokin' with me
Hehe, yeah

Take it with me if you have to
Whatever makes you happy
But don't take it easy on me
I'll never take it easy

Yeah, you know I look like a woman
But I cut like a buffalo
Stand up tall like a tower
Then I fall like a domino

You're a prick with a pin, woman
Push it into my skin, girl
I'm a prick when I sin
And I know I can't win

Yeah, I look like a woman
And I cut like a buffalo


4.So Far From Your Weapon

Lyricist:Alison Mosshart

There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
It's so far from your weapon and the place you were born
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home

I tried to give you whiskey but it never did work
Suddenly you're begging me to do so much work
Right away from the get go the bullet was cursed
Ever since I had you every little thing hurts

You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go

You dream of seeing fire in them hills
But you better wipe that smile from your lips
Which of us will be the one to go?
He who hits the road's the one who lives

You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go

There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
It's so far from your weapon and the place you were born
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon and you wanna go home

You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go

You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go
You wanna get up, let go, I said no
You wanna get up, let go


5.Treat Me Like Your Mother

Lyricist:Dean Anthony Fertita, Jack Lawrence, Alison Mosshart, John
Anthony White

Don't act like you can't act
I know what you think you're doing
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother

Don't act like you can't act
Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother

You came up too late
You came up too late now
You came up too late
To do a thing

Come on look me in the eye
You wanna try to tell a lie?
I bet you can't, you know why?
I'm dressed like your mother

Look me in the eye now
You wanna try to tell a lie?
You can't, you know why?
I'm dressed like your mother

You came up too late
You came up too late now
You came up too late
Play dumb, play dead, play straight

Who's got it figured out?
Play dumb, play dead, play straight
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight, try to manipulate

M A N I P U late, M A N I P U late
M A N I P U late, M A N I P U late
Am I too, am I late? Am I too, am I late?
Am I, am I, am I, am I, am I too late?

Who's got it figured out?
Left, right, left, right
Got it figured out
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight

Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
You better look me in the eye now
Treat me like your mother

Come on look me in the eye
You wanna try to tell a lie?
You can't, you know why?
I'm dressed like your mother

Play dumb, play dead, try to manipulate

You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie

You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie

You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie

Who's got it figured out?
Left, right, left, right
Got it figured out
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight, try and manipulate

Who's got it figured out?
Left, right, left, right
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight, try to manipulate

You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight


6.Rocking Horse

Lyricist:Alison Mosshart, John Anthony White

I drank some dirty water, shook evil hands
I've done some bad things and they get easier to do
Then I wrote a nasty letter and I sent it to the Lord
I said don't you dare come and bother me no more

I had a good friend I could only destroy
And lovers I loved less than anybody could afford
Yes, but this old rocking horse just nods his head
And he's gonna rock back and forth the way that he always did

Baby don't you bother tasting the water
And baby don't you bother coming closer to me
Yes, will you see my eyes? They're half the size
And I'm not able to look at you, no, no


7.New Pony

Lyricist:Bob Dylan

I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
How much longer? How much longer?
I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
How much, how much, how much longer?

She broke her leg and needed shooting
I swear it hurt me more than it hurt her

Sometimes I wonder what's going on with Miss X
How much longer? How much longer?
Sometimes I wonder what's going on with Miss X
How much, how much, how much longer?

She's got such a sweet disposition
I never know what the girl's gonna do to me next

How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?

How much, how much?
(Everybody say you're usin' voodoo)
How much, how much?
(Your feet walk by themselves)
How much, how much?
How much, how much?

How much, how much?
(Everybody say you're usin' voodoo)
How much, how much?
(I seen your feet walk by themselves)
How much, how much, how much longer?

Oh baby, that God you are prayin' to
Is gonna give you back what you wishin' to someone else

Come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Oh, you're so nasty and you're so bad, I say I love you and I do

How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?

How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?
How much, how much?

How much, how much?
How much, how much?


8.Bone House

Lyricist:Dean Anthony Fertita, Jack Lawrence, Alison Mosshart, John
Anthony White

I build a house for your bones
I build a house, I build a home
I build a house for your bones
I build a house, I build a home

I wrote a song, go on and listen
That's all you'll hear when I go missing
I wrote a song, go on and listen
That's all you'll hear when I go missing

I always get, I always get the things I want

I make a nest for your hair
I lay you down, I lay you there
I build a ship, I sink or sail
And every tooth and every nail

I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want

I put your heart in a vault
That's how I get the things I want
I put your heart in a vault
That's how I get the things I want

I lay a road for your mind
So your mind can go, go, go, go
I lay a road for your mind
So your mind can go, go, go, go

I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want
I always get the things I want

I build a house, I build a home
I build a house for your bones
I build a house for your bones
I build a house, I build a home


9.Three Birds

(*Fertita/Lawrence/Mosshart/White)


10.No Hassle Night

Lyricist:Alison Mosshart, John Anthony White

I'm lookin' for a place to go
Where the sun goes down and stays down
I'm lookin' for a place to go
To lie low, die slow

My baby she's uptight
Her face is frozen in daylight
My darlin' she's a drifter
Nothin' out there seems to fit her

I'm lookin' for a no hassle night
I've become her and it hurts my mind
I'm lookin' for a no hassle night
I've become her and it hurts my mind
I'm lookin' for a no hassle night

My baby she's a burglar
Nothin' I know can deter her
I'm lookin' for a place to go
Where the sun goes down
I can lie low


11.Will There Be Enough Water?

Lyricist:Dean Anthony Fertita, John Anthony White

Will there be enough water when my ship comes in?
Water when my ship comes in
Will there be water when my ship comes in?

And when I set sail will there be enough wind?
And when I set sail will there be enough wind?
When I set sail will there be enough wind?
Cool water, oh cool wind

Just because you caught me does that make it a sin?
Yeah, just because you caught me does that make it a sin?
Cool water, yeah and a cool wind

Be enough water when my ship comes in
Be enough water when my ship comes in
Oh, when I set sail will there be enough wind? Yeah
Oh, cool water, yeah and a cool wind

Just because you caught me does it make it a sin?
Just because you caught me does that make it a sin?


12.Outside

(*Downliners Sect (Evans/O'Donnell))


Showing signs of nothing but troubled times*
Since I had you
Had you on my mind

But your heart is locked
You left me outside

Don't get a buzz, baby
When I start buzzing when you're here
Why don't you return?
Please come over here

But your heart's locked up
You left me outside

You left me outside

I been brought down
And it's a bad sensation
It's just too much
Too much for me to take
Without a chance now
There's no romance now
I better leave before I break

Oh oh

Hey

I been brought down
And it's a bad sensation
It's just too much
Too much for me to take

Without a chance now
There's no romance now
I better leave before I break

Oh oh

Don't get a buzz, baby
When I start buzzing when you're near
Why don't you return?
Please come over here

But your heart's locked up
You left me outside