Icky Thump

The White Stripes Icky Thump Lyrics
1.Icky Thump

So I gave a drink of water

Yah-hee, icky thump Who'd-a thunk? Sittin' drunk
Her hair, what a chump
And my head
Got a bump
Red-head se?orita
Lookin' dead
Came to said,
So I gave a drink of water
I'm gonna sing around the collar
Icky thump, with the lump
In my throat
Grab my coat
And now it's reckon
Yeah, I swam beside the hair
She had one white eye
On a stand in her hair
Was a candy cane
Black rum, sugar cane
Well, Americans:
What, nothin' better to do?
Why don't you kick yourself out?
Who's usin' who?
What should we do?
Well you can't be a pimp
Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk
Robbed blind Looked around
Left alone
I hit myself with a stone
Went home
And learned how to clean up after myself
Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk
Left alone
Well, Americans:
Yeah, I swam beside the hair
On a stand in her hair
Her hair, what a chump
On a stand in her hair
Icky thump, with the lump
Red-head se?orita
Who's usin' who?


2.You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

In some respects
I suspect you've got a respectable side
When pushed and pulled and pressured
You seldom run and hide
But its for someone elses benefit
Not for what you wanna do
Until I realize that you've realized
You don't know what love is
You do as your 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 dont know what love is...
You just do as your told

I can see you man
cant 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
You don't know what love is
you just do as your told
just as a child of ten might act
but your far too old
your 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 your told

you do as your told
yeah
end
You don't know what love is
You don't know what love is


3.300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues

I'm bringing back ghosts
that are no longer there
I'm gettin' hard on myself
sittin' in my easy chair
Well, there's three people in the mirror
and I'm wonderin' which one of them I should choose
Well, I can't keep from laughin'
spittin' out these 300 mile per hour outpour blues

I'm breakin' my teeth off
tryin' to bite my lip
There's all kinds of red-headed women
that I ain't supposed to kiss
And it's that color that never fails
to turn me blue
So I just swallow it and hold on to it
and use it to scare the hell out of you

I have a woman
'says come and watch me bleed
And I'm wonderin' just how I can do that
and still give her everything that she needs
Well, there's three people in my head that have the answer
and one of them's got to be you
But you're holding tight to it -- the answer
singin' these three hundred mile per hour outpour blues

Put on gloves, a tied scarf and wrap up warm
on this winter night
Everytime you get defensive
you're just looking for a fight
It's safe to sing somebody out there's got a problem
with almost anything you'll do
Well, next time they stab you don't fight back just play the
victim
instead of playin' the fool
And the roads are covered with a million
little molecules
Of cigarette ashes and the school floors are covered
with pieces of pencil eraser too
Well sooner or later the ground's gonna be holdin' all
of my ashes too
One thing's for sure: in that graveyard

One thing's for sure: in that graveyard


4.Conquest

he was out to make a conquest
didn't care what harm was done
just as long as he won
she was just another conquest
didn't care who's heart was broke
love to him was a joke
and then in the strange way things happen
their roles were reversed from that day
the hunted became the huntress
now you know who made the conquest
she, with all her female guile
led him helpless down the aisle
and then in the strange way things happen
and then in the strange way things happen
their roles were reversed from that day
the hunted became the huntress
now you know who made the conquest
she, with all her female guile
led him helpless down the aisle
conquest!
and then in the strange way things happen


he was out to make a conquest
she was just another conquest
now you know who made the conquest
now you know who made the conquest
and then in the strange way things happen
conquest!
now you know who made the conquest
now you know who made the conquest
she was just another conquest
and then in the strange way things happen


5.Bone Broke

Look closer and you see
i will be running it
i got a hundred dollar bill
in the cockpit
suprised me in the line
is a blackhole
i got another job
damn
oh well
they got a white pony
in the stable
and ride him
when the doggie isn't able
he doesn't really care
because they pay him
but still a black suit
down
oh well
im bone broke
yeh
looking at the way girl
i'm telling ya
god gave 7 minutes right too ya
and your mother put her money into platinum
and now you never have to pay attentiondo ya?yeh
im nailing on a brick
with my nails
im sending loads of moneys
in the mail
keep shouting in my box yeh for saying
and the the brick breakers
oh well
looking at the way girl
i'm telling ya
god gave 7 minutes right too ya
your mother put her money into platinum
so that you wouldn't have to pay attention
End


looking at the way girl
damn

oh well
looking at the way girl
they got a white pony
down


6.Prickly Thorn,But Sweetly Worn

Singing
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well the hills are pretty and rollin'
But the thorn is sharp and swollen
And the man plays a beautiful whistle
Singing
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
The silver birches pierce through an icy fog
Which covers the ground most daily
And the angels which carry St. Andrew high
One sound can hold back a thousand hands
Singing
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
When the pipe plays a tune forlorn
And the thistle is a prickly flower
Singing
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
Well A Li De Li De Li Oh Oh
One sound can hold back a thousand hands
Singing
Singing
Well the hills are pretty and rollin'
The silver birches pierce through an icy fog


7.St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)

This battle is in the air
I'm looking upwards
Where are the angels?
St. Andrew don't forsake me
St. Andrew
Who is here to greet me?
The children are kind
I'm not in my home
I travel backwards in ecstasy
Where are the angels?
St. Andrew
I've been true
What do I need to say?
What do I need to say?
St. Andrew
Who is here to greet me?
St. Andrew don't forsake me


8.Little Cream Soda

Well every highway that I go down
Seems to be longer than the last one i knew about
And every girl that I walk around
Seems to be more of an illusion than the last one that I found
And this old man in front of me
Holding canes and ruby rings
Is like containing an explosion when he sings
But with every chance to set himself on fire
Well every beautiful think i come across
Tells me to stop moving and shake this riddle off
And there was a time when all I wanted was my
Ice cream colder, and a little cream soad
And a wooden box, and an alley full of rocks
was all i had to care about
But now my mind is filled with rubber tires
and forest fires
an 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
Oh Well, Oh Well, Oh Well
Oh Well, Oh Well, Oh Well
Well every beautiful think i come across
But now my mind is filled with rubber tires
And a wooden box, and an alley full of rocks
And every girl that I walk around
And this old man in front of me
And there was a time when all I wanted was my


Oh Well, Oh Well, Oh Well


9.Rag And Bone

Rag & Bone!
Rag & Bone!
Rag & Bone!
Rag & Bone!(Jack)
Meg, look at this place
This place looks like a mansion!
It's like a mansion, look at all this stuff!
We got you here selling rag and bone
Bring out your junk and we'll give it a home
A broken trumpet or a telephone
Ah, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Rag & Bone!
Ah, come on, come on, come on
Oh looking pretty
Your pretty little Rags & Bones(Jack)
Well, look at all this, you don't want it?(Meg)
What is that?(Jack)
You sure you don't want it? Take it.
They're just things you don't want.
I can use em.
Meg can use em
We can do something with em
We'll make something out of em
Hey if you ain't gonna use it, just give it to us
Well, I hope you got something shoddy for me
Everybody got a Christmas tree
I got you a pot with a toilet seat
Ah, jump up, jump up, jump up
We wanna get it Granny, while it's hot
You think its trash Granny, but it's not
Oh, we'll be taking whatever you got
Ah, give up, give up, give up
Oh looking pretty
I saw some stuff in here, now are you gonna give it to us?(Jack)
Ah, Meg, don't be rude(Meg)
Why not?(Jack)
They might need it.
And if you don't want it, we'll take it
And if you don't wanna give it to us,
We'll keep walking by
We'll keep going we're not tired
But, got plenty of places to go
Lots of homes we ain't been to yet
The west side
The south-west side
Middle east
Rich house
Dog house
Outhouse
Old folks' house
House for unwed mothers
Halfway homes
Catacombs
Twilight Zones
Looking for techniques, turntables to gramophones
So take a last lick of your ice-cream cones
And lock up what you still wanna own
But please be kind
Oh looking pretty
Your pretty little Rags & Bones
Your pretty little Rags & Bones(Jack & Meg)
Ah, come on, come on, come on
Come on and give it to us!(Jack)
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
Oh yeah!
Yeah!(Meg)
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
ENDYeah!
Oh looking pretty
Come on, come on, come on
Rag & Bone!
Oh looking pretty
We wanna get it Granny, while it's hot
Oh looking pretty
Your pretty little Rags & Bones(Jack & Meg)
We got you here selling rag and bone
Hey if you ain't gonna use it, just give it to us
Ah, come on, come on, come on
We wanna get it Granny, while it's hot
Well, I hope you got something shoddy for me
Oh looking pretty
Come on, come on, come on
I saw some stuff in here, now are you gonna give it to us?(Jack)
Ah, jump up, jump up, jump up


10.I'm Slowly Turning Into You

i'm slowly turning into you
but you don't know this
super troop
they saying im lying and alone
will i tell you the truth?
but your face is getting older
so put your head on my shoulder
yesterday hit me that
i do all the little things that you do
except the same little things that you do are annoying
they are annoying as hell in fact
it kind of struck a little bell in fact
and im slowly turning into you
then something else came to mind
that was the mirror
it made everything clearer
that you are more beautiful, compelling and stronger
it didn't take much longer
just for me to realise
i love all the little things
i dig your little laugh and im loving your quick wit
i even love it when you're faking it
and it might sound a little strange
for me to say to you
and im slowly turning into you
and im slowly turning into you
and im slowly turning into you
and im slowly turning into you
and im slowly turning into you

i'm slowly turning into you

then something else came to mind
i dig your little laugh and im loving your quick wit

and im slowly turning into you

and im slowly turning into you
yesterday hit me that


11.A Martyr For My Love For You

But not as shaky as I must have seemed
The White Stripes - A Martyr For My Love For You
She was sixteen and six feet tall
in a crowd of teenagers comin' out of the zoo
She stumbled started to slip and fall
teeter-tottered on the top of patent leather shoes
I happened to catch her and said,
But not as shaky as I must have seemed
talkin' junk through her giggle -- little teenage dream
And on the phone I could not compete
my dumb-love fake competence was getting weak
For a sec' I thought I sounded sweet
but sure 'nough in a gruff, faint voice
I could stay a while
but sooner or later I'll break your smile
And I can tell a joke
but one of these days I'm bound to choke
And we could share a kiss
but I feel like I can't go through with this
And I bet we could build a home
but I know the right thing for me to do
I'm beginning to like you
so you probably won't get what I'm going to do
I'm walkin' away from you
it probably don't make much sense to you
But I'm trying to save you
I could stay a while
but sooner or later I'll break your smile
And I can tell a joke
but one of these days I'm bound to choke
And we might share a kiss
but I feel like a can't go through with this
And I bet we could build a home
but I know the right thing for me to do
You probably call me a fool
and say I'm doin' exactly what a coward would do
And I'm beginning to like you
it's a shame; what a lame way to live
how can i do
and how could i would preciate what i dobut I know the right
thing for me to do
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
eND
I could stay a while
I'm beginning to like you
You probably call me a fool
I'm beginning to like you
You probably call me a fool
But not as shaky as I must have seemed
I could stay a while


I could stay a while


12.Catch Hell Blues

Oh
Oh
Well if they catch me around
You're playing rock the boat
And if you're throwing your voice
In bed singing a note
I'm gonna catch hell
Yes, alright
Tricky, tricky
Oh
If you're giving cheek
Lying to yourself
And if you're testing God
Lying to his face
You're gonna catch hell
Hey
That's it
They're gonna catch you
Well if they catch me around
If you really want some hot water
Hey
Oh
Yes, alright
And if you're throwing your voice
Tricky, tricky
If you're giving cheek
Tricky, tricky
Oh
And if you're testing God


13.Effect and Cause

The White Stripes - Effect And Cause
I guess you have to have a probelm
if you want to 'vent a contraption
well you cause a trainwreck
and then you put me in traction
first came an action
and then a reaction
but you can't switch around
for your own satisfaction
well you burnt my house down
well in every complicated situation
there's a human relation
to make sense of it all
take a whole lot of concentration
well you can't blame her baby
for her pregnant ma
and if there's one of these
well you can't take the effect
and make it the cause
i didn't rob a bank
cos you made up the law
blame me for robbing peter
don't you blame paul
can't take the effect
i aint the reason that you gave me
no reason to return your call
you built a house of cards
and got shocked when you saw them fall
well i aint saying i'm innocent
in fact the reverse
but if your heading to the grave
don't blame the hearse
you're like a little girl yelling at her brother
you keep blaming me for what you did
and that aint all
the way you clean up the wreck
is enough to give one pause
you seem to forget just how this song started
i'm reacting to you
well you can't take the effect
and make it the cause
i didn't rob a bank
cos you made up the law
blame me for robbing peter
don't you blame paul
can't take the effect
and make it the cause
eND

i aint the reason that you gave me
well in every complicated situation


well you can't take the effect
you keep blaming me for what you did
well you can't take the effect
well you can't take the effect
well you can't take the effect