Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Sunday Song Lyric:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_12_03-2006_12_09.shtml#1165166360
I find it hard to believe I've never posted a [1]White Stripes song
lyric. The Detroit duo of Meg and Jack White have produced some
incredible albums. Their lo-fi garage-rock recordings are
simultaneously raw and rich, and their song-writing revelas a deep
appreciation for American music forms, particularly blues, punk,
country, and post-War pop. (How many alt-rock faves have recorded a
Bert Bachrach cover?). Ostensibly brother and sister, [2]it turns out
the two were married and divorced in 2000.
Virtually all of the bands lyrics and tabs are available on [3]Broken
Bricks. Selecting just one lyric is difficuly, I have many White
Stripe favorites but for some perverse reason, today I'm stuck on
"[4]I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman."
Well, I'm finding it harder
To be a gentleman every day
All the manners that I've been taught
Have slowly died away
But if I held the door open for you
It wouldn't make your day
You think that I care
About me and only me
When every single girl needs help
Climbing up a tree
I know it don't take much
To satisfy me
Maybe it's whatever's in my head
That's distracting me
But if I could find emotion
To stimulate devotion
Well then you'd see
Well, I'm finding it hard to say
That I need you twenty times a day
I feel comfortable so baby
Why don't you feel the same?
Have a doctor come and visit us
And tell us which one is sane
I never said I wouldn't
Throw my jacket in the mud for you
But my father gave it to me so
Maybe I should carry you
Then you said, "You almost dropped me"
So then I did, and I got mud on my shoes.
Don't know the White Stripes? Well, their big single was "Seven Nation
Army" ([5]here live on Conan) but everyone should be familiar with
this ground-breaking Lego [6]video for "Fell In Love With a Girl." And
don't forget [7]this appearance on The Simpsons.
References
1. http://www.whitestripes.com/home/home.html
2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050307233356/http://www.freep.com/entertainment/music/stripx13_20030513.htm
3. http://www.brokenbricks.com/
4.
http://www.brokenbricks.com/cgi-bin/tab.cgi?/tabs/White%20Blood%20Cells/I'm%20Finding%20It%20Harder%20to%20Be%20a%20Gentleman.txt
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceDdiYEF5LI
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6TcX_TKLcg
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZePwr5SHI
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