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Thank You Jack White (For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)

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Thank You Jack White (For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)

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"Let me tell ya a story about a very special gift I received from a, from a man that I didn't know very well. But he brightened up the night and made it one of the great shining moments of our long tour.

Goes like this"

Backstage in Detroit

And the room is full of smoke and apprehension

We'd been playing shows

As the warm-up and the band for Beck Hanson

In walks Jack, says - "How'd ya do?" (Oh yeah)

Then he handed me this wonderful statue.

And I said, "Thank you Jack White

For the fiber-optic Jesus that you gave me."

It shined so bright

That I couldn't help believin' it would save me.

When I finally got it home

My whole neighborhood was a-glow

And I said, "Thank you Jack White

For the fiber-optic Jesus that you gave me."

(Here comes the down)

(Oh Yeah!)

Jack and Meg are funny

They got a modern backwards-liberal family code

Brother and sister

Playing rock 'n' roll and doing it on the road

I bet that van begin to stink

But then I wonder - oh - what Christ would think.

I said, "Thank you Jack White

For the fiber-optic Jesus that you gave me."

It shined so bright

That I couldn't help believin' it would save me.

And when I finally got it home

My whole neighborhood was a-glow

And I said, "Thank you Jack White

For the fiber-optic Jesus that you gave me."

(Nice one)

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