The White Stripes

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Let's Build A Home

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Let's Build A Home

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Intro:

Mother: "you just sing some of the song. do you know any by heart?"

John gillis (jack white at age six/seven): "which..."

Brother: "sing that one song you were singing about the little red box."

Mother: "oh, yeah I haven't heard that in a long time. did you forget it?"

John: "no."

Brother: "bet you forgot all the words to it."

Mother: "show me how it goes. I forget. 'cause i want to remember, and I want to --"

John: "ok."

Brother: "sit still."

John: "i- i wish i had a little red box / to put my best friends in / I'd take them out and"

Brother (whisper): "sit still."

John: "and put them back again."

Some bricks now baby

Let's build a home

Some bricks now baby

Let's build a home

C'mon

Alright

C'mon

I'm getting lazy

Throw me a bone

I'm getting lazy

Throw me a bone

C'mon

Alright

C'mon

Aw

Some bricks now baby

Let's build a home

Some bricks now baby

Let's build a home

C'mon

Alright

C'mon

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