Tighten Up

Album: Brothers (2010)
Charted: 87
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  • I wanted love, I needed love
    Most of all, most of all
    Someone said true love was dead
    And I'm bound to fall, bound to fall
    For you
    Oh, what can I do?
    Yeah

    Take my badge but my heart remains
    Lovin' you, baby child
    Tighten up on your reins
    You're runnin' wild, runnin' wild
    It's true

    Sick for days, so many ways
    I'm achin' now, I'm achin' now
    It's times like these I need relief
    Please show me how, oh, show me how
    To get right
    Yes, out of sight

    When I was young and moving fast
    Nothin' slowed me down, oh, slowed me down
    Now I let the others pass
    I've come around, oh, come around
    'Cause I've found

    Livin' just to keep goin'
    Goin' just to be sane
    All the while not knowin'
    Such a shame
    I don't need to get steady
    I know just how I feel
    Tellin' you to be ready
    My dear Writer/s: Daniel Quine Auerbach, Patrick James Carney
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Trj from Pennsauken, NjI set up my Sirius to alert me whenever this song is playing. Sometimes, though it's the Archie Bell and the Drells' song of the same name that comes up. It's a coin toss, but well worth it LOL. Love the tempo change and feel at the end. You don't see that often.
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlI freakin' love this dang song! I first heard this and was amazed by the music. :) Great song!
  • Pat from Bremen, NjTighten up is a well put together song. The Black Keys are a really good band and they have been over looked a lot, but I'm excited to see what they do with their next record. They won some hardware at the grammy's so maybe they'll blow up soon
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