The Black Keys : El Camino

Blues Rock / USA
(2011 - Nonesuch Records)
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1. LONELY BOY

Well I’m so above you
And it’s plain to see
But I came to love you anyway
So you pulled my heart out
And I don’t mind bleeding
Any old time you keep me waiting
Waiting, waiting

I got a love that keeps me waiting
I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I got a love that keeps me waiting

Well your mama kept you but your daddy left you
And I should’ve done you just the same
But I came to love you
Am I born to bleed
Any old time you keep me waiting
Waiting, waiting

I got a love that keeps me waiting
I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I got a love that keeps me waiting

I got a love that keeps me waiting
I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
I got a love that keeps me waiting


2. DEAD AND GONE

Alone
Why do you wait him so long?
After every single word is said
I'm feeling dead and gone

Along
Don't you drag me along
If you do, you know I'll follow you
Until the truth is known

I'll go anywhere you go
I'll go anywhere you go
All the way, all the way
I'll go anywhere you go
I'll go anywhere you go
All the way, all the way

So long
Why do it take you so long?
Every time I hear the whistle blow
I'm down below, your pawn

Don't call me, I'll call you
Is what you say, I'll obey
Chill tonight, or eating right
I need to say, gotta say

I'll go anywhere you go
I'll go anywhere you go
All the way, all the way
I'll go anywhere you go
I'll go anywhere you go
All the way, all the way


3. GOLD ON THE CEILING

Down in the waves
She screams again
Roar at the door
My mind can’t take much more
I could never drown in

They wanna get my
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain’t blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It’s alright
Ain’t no guard in my house

Clouds covered love's
Barb-wired snare
Strung up, strung out
I just can’t go without
I could never drown in

They wanna get my…
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain’t blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It’s alright
Ain’t no guard in my house
Ain’t no guard in my house


4. LITTLE BLACK SUBMARINES

Little black submarines
Operator please
Put me back on the line
Told my girl I'd be back
Operator please
This is wreckin' my mind

Oh can it be
The voices calling me
They get lost
And out of time
I should've seen it glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind

Pick you up, let you down
When I wanna go
To a place I can hide
You know me, I had plans
But they just disappeared
To the back of my mind

Oh can it be
The voices calling me
They get lost
And out of time
I should've seen a glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind

Treasure maps, fallen trees
Operator please
Call me back when it's time
Stolen friends and disease
Operator please
Patch me back to my mind

Oh can it be
The voices calling me
They get lost
And out of time
I should've seen a glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind


5. MONEY MAKER

She wants milk and honey
She wants filthy money
But oh, that's not the way it goes
I wanna buy some time but don't have a dime

Hey my my she's a money maker
Hey my my she's gonna take you
Way down she's bound to break you
Hey now she's a money maker

She just keeps me guessing
Never tells me yes and
I just can't let go
And nothing that I show will ever do for you

Hey my my she's a money maker
Hey my my she's gonna take you
Way down she's bound to break you
Hey now she's a money maker

Hey my my she's a money maker
Hey my my she's gonna take you
Way down she's bound to break you
Hey now she's a money maker


6. RUN RIGHT BACK

Before she hits the ground
She's gonna want to explode
Never step aside
Never run and hide

She holds it all up under
That pretty head of hers
It comes screaming out
In an electric shout

She's the worst thing
I've been addicted to

I run right back
Run right back to her
I wanna jump the track
And run right back, I'm sure
I run right back to her

I run right back to her
I run right back to her
I run right back to her
I run right back to her

Well she's a special thing
She doesn't read too much
But there's no doubt
She's written about

Finest exterior
She's so superior
But she won't allow
And I'm wounded now

She's the worst thing
I've been addicted to

I run right back
Run right back to her
I wanna jump the track
And run right back, I'm sure
I run right back to her

I run right back to her
I run right back to her
I run right back to her
I run right back to her


7. SISTER

Wake up
You're gonna wake up to nothing
Break up
The break up is coming
When you’re heart is hollow
Another pill to swallow

Shake up
Gotta shake up you’re freezing
Make up
I’m gonna make up my reasons

I used to say I need you
But now I gotta leave you

Sister, sister what did they do to you
Sister, sister what did they do to you
Did they take and try to break
A heart that long
It’s so wrong

Hung up
Got me hung up in draft
Rung up
Got me rung up in bed

You took advantage of
The one who showed you love

Sister, sister what did they do to you
Sister, sister what did they do to you
Did they take and try to break
A heart that long
It’s so wrong
It's so long
So long


8. HELL OF SEASON

Even though
You don't know
You're reacting all along
What I see
Is killing me
You won't make it on your own

In this hell of a season
Give me more of a reason
To be with you
Be with you

Say you'll be better
I'll keep waiting forever
You know I do
Know I do

Even though
I don't know
I'm pretending that I do
It's my curse
I can reverse
I'm still waiting here for you

In this hell of a season
Give me more of a reason
To be with you
Be with you

Say you'll be better
I'll keep waiting forever
You know I do
You know I do

In this hell of season
Give me more of a reason
To be with you
Be with you

Say you'll be better
I'll keep waiting forever
You know I do
You know I do

In this hell of season
Give me more of a reason
To be with you
Be with you

Say you'll be better
I'll keep waiting forever
You know I do
You know I do


9. STOP STOP

You're wound up like a weapon
You've got an evil streak
They told me to stay away
But I was much too weak

You gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing gotta stop, stop it girl
Yea you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl

I hounded/hunted you forever
But you never saw
This love was so strong it should have been against the law

You gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing gotta stop, stop it girl
Yea you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl

You tear me all apart
Then act so warm
Like being cooled by the rain
In the eye of the storm

You gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing gotta stop, stop it girl
Yea you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl
And singing stop, stop it girl


10. NOVA BABY

You walk around in other towns
I've seen you out, just hanging around
It's what you chose and I suppose
You'll need me one day, need me one day

You throw away 
every other dream
Taking nova baby to the dollar machine
That party dress is such a mess

You'll need me one day, need me one day soon

All your enemies
Smile when you fall
You take it cause you
Don't know what you want
You don't know what you want

All this love of mine
All my precious time

You waste it cause you

Don't know what you want

You don't know what you want

There go the kids, the have-nots
Elevator ladies in the parking lots
You saw it all
and I recall
The dream you told me, dream you told me

This empty heart, you left me with
The ribbon on my parting gift
I'm falling hard
 for every yard

Of the dream you sold me, dream you sold me

All your enemies

Smile when your fall

You take it cause you

Don't know what you want

You don't know what you want

All this love of mine

All my precious time

You waste it cause you
Don't know what you want
You don't know what you want


11. MIND ERASER

When I need to replace her
I am the mind eraser
Anything goes, yeah, anything goes

Got this sin in her brain
But she ain't gonna see me again
See me again, this I know
But deep down I can't let go

Don't let it be over, over
Don't let it be over, let it be over, over

Seen me stack up my woes
Into a wall, around a rose
Now I'm the rose, now she knows
It hurts so, and I can't let go

Don't let it be over, over
Don't let it be over, let it be over

Don't let it be over, over
Don't let it be over, let it be over

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