THE WHITE STRIPES LYRICS - Icky Thump

"Icky Thump"



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Icky thump

Who'da thunk?

Sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico.



Ah well,

What a chump

Well my head got a bump

When I hit it on the radio.



Redhead señorita

Looking dead

Came and said

"need a bed?"

En Español.



I said

"gimme a drink a water,

I'm gonna 'sing around the collar'

And I don't need a microphone."



[guitar solo]

[keyboard solo]



Icky thump

with a lump in my throat

Grabbed my coat

And I was freaking

I was ready to go!



And I swear

Besides the hair

She had one white eye,

One black(nk) stare

Lookin' up

Lyin' there.



On the stand

near her hand

Was a candy cane

Black rum, sugar cane,

Dry ice (and) something strange.



La la, la la la la la la la la la laaa laaa laaa



[keyboard solo]



White Americans, what?

Nothing better to do?

Why don't you kick yourself out?

You're an immigrant too?



Who's usin' who?

What should we do?

Well you can't be a pimp

And a prostitute too



Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk

Robbed blind

Looked around

And there was nobody else



Left alone

I hit myself with a stone

Went home

And learned how to clean up after myself