Album: The White Stripes (1999)
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  • Outside
    My door
    Unlocked
    I'm lookin'
    At this sound
    That chime out of nowhere
    Yeah, nowhere

    Wheels turnin'
    Scratching
    And burnin'
    Yeah
    I saw guns
    Tanks
    Cannon
    Cannon
    Yeah

    Tell me who's that writin'
    John the Revelator
    Tell me who's that writin'
    John the Revelator
    Who's that writin'

    John the Revelator wrote the book of the Seven Seals

    Christ went down on Easter mornin'
    Mary n' Martha went down to see
    "Go tell my disciples, to meet me in Galilee"

    Who's the writer?
    John the Revelator
    Tell me who's that writin'
    John the Revelator
    Tell me who's that writer
    John the Revelator wrote the book of the Seven Seals
    Yeah

    Lord above
    How can man
    Be evil?
    Evil
    Evil Writer/s: Jack White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Sean from Levittown, PaThis is actually a sample reference to a song by Blind Willie Johnson called John The Revelator. He played amazing slide guitar in the twenties. Jack White also plays with a slide.
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