Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

Album: White Blood Cells (2001)
Charted: 25
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  • Dead leaves and the dirty ground
    When I know you're not around
    Shiny tops and soda pops
    When I hear your lips make a sound
    When I hear your lips make a sound

    Thirty notes in the mailbox
    Will tell that I'm coming home
    And I think I'm gonna stick around
    For a while so you're not alone
    For a while so you're not alone

    If you can hear a piano fall
    You can hear me coming down the hall
    If I could just hear your pretty voice
    I don't think I need to see at all
    I don't think I need to see at all

    Soft hair and a velvet tongue
    I want to give you what you give to me
    And every breath that is in your lungs
    Is a tiny little gift to me
    Is a tiny little gift to me

    I didn't feel so bad 'til the sun went down
    Then I come home
    No one to wrap my arms around
    Wrap my arms around

    Well, any man with a microphone
    Can tell you what he loves the most
    And you know why you love at all
    If you're thinking of the holy ghost
    If you're thinking of the holy ghost Writer/s: Jack White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Matias from CkdHow do you read the meaning of the lines below?
    (...)
    Well any man with a microphone
    Can tell you what he loves the most
    And you know why you love at all
    If you're thinking of the Holy Ghost
  • Aubrae\ from Ewa Beach, HiI believe the documentary you are referring to is called "It Might Get Loud"
  • Eb from Fl Keys, FlThis song is sublime poetry about real passionate love and longing - missing someone real bad when you have to be apart.
  • Bay from Weaverville, CaGreat song, i love it. I suggest everybody watches the documentary called 'Lets get loud'
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