My Doorbell

Album: Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Charted: 10
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  • I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I been thinkin´ about my doorbell

    Oh, well

    Well with me and chipin´ me and kisses?
    Not the man in my life I know
    And I been going to mystery misses
    I respect the art of the show
    Take back when you said little girl
    And while you´re at it take yourself back too
    Woman whatcha gonna do now, whatcha gonna do about it

    I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it oh
    I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I been thinkin´ about my doorbell

    Oh, yeah

    You don´t seem to come around
    Point your finger and make a sound
    You don´t seem to come around
    Not since I said you knocked it down?

    Oh, well

    Make a sound and I´ll make you feel right
    Right at home, yeah
    Yeah, right at home, yeah

    Nobody got...?
    But how come it´s so easy to you
    You know it´s like me at times I can be careless
    But your words seem so obtuse
    But then again I know you feel guilty
    And you tell me you want me again
    But I don´t need any of your pity
    I got plenty of my own friends
    They´re all above me

    And I've been thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
    Yeah, I've been thinkin´ about the doorbell
    When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it oh
    I've been thinkin´ about the doorbell
    When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
    Yeah, I been thinkin´ about the doorbell

    Oh, well

    They don´t seem to come around
    Push the finger and make a sound
    They don´t seem to come around
    Maybe they they´ll knock ´em down

    Oh, well

    Make a sound and I´ll make you feel right
    Right at home
    Right at home

    I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I been thinkin´ about my doorbell
    And when you´re gonna ring it, when you´re gonna ring it

    I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell
    When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
    Yeah, I´m thinkin´ about my doorbell

    Oh, oh we Writer/s: John Anthony White
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Amelia from MinnesotaI have always thought this song was about waiting for death but ok.
  • Michelle from Northampton, MaTo me, it sounds like it's about a guy and a girl who've broken up and are trying to stay friends, but it's awkward, because he kind of wants her back and she isn't all that interested in more than friendship maybe, hence why she's not ringing his doorbell? She's saying they'll be friends, yet she's mostly staying away. Yet it sounds too like she's not entirely able to let him go, because she tells him sometimes that she wants to get back together with him, even though she seems to know it's not a good idea. She feels guilt for hurting him, and so she says things she thinks he wants to hear, like about getting back together, but even he can tell that she's saying these things out of guilty and pity, pity he doesn't want.
  • Alex from Glen Rock, Nji think the song also talks about how his friends left him too, he says when they gonna ring it in the second chorus, and talks about his friends in the verse preceeding it. Just something to think about
  • Erik from Nonya, Pathis is probably my favorite white stripes song! it's very catchy and up beat (even if the lyrics aren't).
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