300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues

Album: Icky Thump (2007)
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  • 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 which 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 300 mile-per-hour outpour blues

    Put on gloves, a tied scarf and wrap up warm
    On this winter night
    Every time 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
    But I can't help but wonder if after I'm gone
    Will I still have these 300-mile-per-hour
    Finger-breaking, no-answers, broken-back
    Dirty-cancer, bee-stung and busted-up
    Empty-cup torrential outpour blues?

    One thing's for sure in that graveyard
    I'm gonna have the shiniest pair of shoes Writer/s: Jack White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Kevin from Springfield, Pathis song is definitely their best
  • Francia from Caracas, --Amazing song, amazing band
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