The White Stripes

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"Jimmy The Exploder"

Now Jimmy
Well, do you want an explosion now?

Yeah Jimmy
Do you want to explode now?

Yeah monkey
Now you seeing red now
Yeah monkey
Jumping on the bed now

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

Green apples
On the tree and growing now
Green apples
Are gonna be exploding now

Yeah monkey
Are you seeing red now?
Yeah monkey
Jumping on the bed now

Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

11. A Martyr For My Love For You

She was sixteen

And six feet tall

In a crowd of teenagers

Coming out of the zoo.


She stumbled

Started to slip and fall

Teeter tottered on the top

Of patent leather shoes.


I happen to catch her and said

"maybe these ruby shoes are

A little cumbersome for you."


Maybe for you, now.


But not as shaky

As I must've seemed

Talking junk through her

Giggle little teenage dream.


And on the phone I could not compete

My dumb luck

Fake confidence

Was getting weak.


And for a sec

I thought I sounded sweet

But sure enough

In a gruff faint voice

I heard myself speak...


I could stay awhile

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 start to 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

Is to leave you alone


I'm beginning to like you

So you probably won't get

What I'm going to do.


I'm walking away from you

It probably don't make

No sense to you.


But I'm trying to save you

From all of the things that

I'll probably say or do.


I'll probably do, now.


I could stay awhile

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 start to 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

Is to leave you alone


You'll probably call me a fool

And say I'm doing exactly

What a coward would do.


And I'm beginning to like you

It's a shame

What a lame way to live

But what can I do?


Well I hope you appreciate

What I do...

I'm a martyr for my love for you

12. Catch Hell Blues

If you're looking for hot water

Don't be shocked when you get

Burned a little bit

If you're trying to get into some

Hot water

I can help you find it


If they catch me around you

Playing 'rock the boat'

I'm gonna catch hell


And if you're throwing your voice

In bed singing a note

I'm gonna catch hell


Guess what?

Try and catch me


If you're getting tricky

Lying to yourself

You're gonna catch hell


And if you're testing God

And lying to his face

You're gonna catch hell


I know it.

13. Effect And Cause

I guess you have to have a problem

If you want to invent a contraption.

First YOU cause a train wreck

Then they put ME in traction?

Well, first comes an action

And then a REaction

But you can't change 'em round

For your own satisfaction

Well YOU burned my house down

Then got mad

At MY reaction.


Well in every complicated situation

Of human relation

Making sense of it all takes a whole lot

Of concentration

You can't blame a BABY

For her PREGNANT MA

And if there's one of these unavoidable laws

It's that you just can't take the EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE.


Well you can't take the EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE

I didn't ROB A BANK

Because you made up THE LAW

Blame ME for robbing peter

But don't you blame PAUL!

You can't take the EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE.


I ain't 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

I ain't saying I'M innocent

In fact, the REVERSE

But if you're headed to the grave

You don't blame THE HEARSE

You're like a little girl

Yellin' at her brother

'Cause YOU lost HIS ball.


Well you keep blaming ME

For what YOU did

But that ain't all

The way you clean up a wreck

Is enough to give one pause!

You seem to forget

Just how this all started

I'm reacting to YOU

Because YOU left ME

Broken hearted

Well you just can't take

The EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE.


Well you can't take the EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE

I didn't ROB A BANK

Because you made up THE LAW

Blame ME for robbing peter

But don't you blame PAUL!

You can't take the EFFECT

And make it the CAUSE