Ice Station Zebra

Album: Boarding House Reach (2018)
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  • Hear me out, it ain't easy but I'll try to explain
    Everything in the world gets labeled a name
    A box, a rough definition, unaffordable
    Who picked the label doesn't want to be responsible
    Truth, you're the one who needs the keys to the prison
    You create your own box, you don't have to listen
    To any of the label makers, printing your obituary

    Here's an example
    If Joe Blow says "Yo, you think like Avagio"
    You'll respond "No, that's an insult, yo"
    "I live in a vacuum, I ain't got but no one"
    Listen up, son

    Everyone creating is a member of the family
    Passing down genes and ideas in harmony
    The players and the cynics will be thinking it's hard
    But if you rewind the tape, we're all copying god
    Copying god, copying god
    Copying god, copying god
    Add your own piece, but the puzzle is god's

    Paying interest on the bills, I'm late but
    I just can't seem to remember the dates
    I lay low and turn off the lamps
    Come on over, you can lick the stamps and
    We could put together a portfolio and
    Sing hallelujah in stereo
    If we find a baby, let her into the hall, but
    Keep the car running on motor to go

    We got fever and there ain't no cure, girl
    Take out insurance if you ain't too sure, girl
    We do things that lovers do, well
    Never have to ever hear the rings of school bells
    Plad jeans, no cellular phone
    All the time in the world, no twilight zone
    My time is mine and they know they can't get
    J. B. tool me you got to hit and he quitted

    I'm never gonna go where you want me to go, 'cause
    I got feelings that you just don't know and you can
    Listen up if you want to hear
    And if you can't stand it, then, right here
    The name of the tune is Cool Hand Luke, 'cause
    I got stripes on my pants and boots
    In prison you can learn a lesson
    From the hand alone to the hotbox session
    Listen Writer/s: Jack White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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