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Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs

℗ 2006 

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Steady, as She Goes

Find yourself a girl and settle down
Live a simple life in a quiet town

Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes

Your friends have shown a kink in the single life
You've had too much to think, now you need a wife

Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)

Well here we go again
You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell
So steady as she goes

When you have completed what you thought you had to do
And your blood's depleted to the point of stable glue
Then you'll get along
Then you'll get along

Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)

Well here we go again
You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell

So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes

Settle for a world, neither up or down
(Settle for a world, neither up or down)
Sell it to the crowd that has gathered round
(Sell it to the crowd that has gathered round)
Settle for a girl, neither up or down
(Settle for a girl, neither up or down)
Sell it to the crowd that has gathered round
(Sell it to the crowd that has gathered round)

So steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)

Steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes
(Steady as she goes)

Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
Steady as she goes, are you steady now?

Steady as she goes

Hands

Girl, you've got those hands that heal
Help me get in touch with what I feel
'Cause you understand and you sympathize
And you know me best, it's no surprise

When you're with me there's a light
And I can see my way
When you speak to me it's a song
And I know what to say

Girl, you've got those eyes that see
Help me find the good that's inside me
'Cause you're the only one who really know
How the feeling comes and why it goes

When you're with me there's a light
And I can see my way
When you speak to me it's a song
And I know what to say

When you're with me there's a light
And I can see my way
When you speak to me it's a song
And I know what to say

When you listen there's a hope
And I know I'm being heard
When you smile at me
And I know that we don't have to speak a word

When you're with me there's a light
And I can see my way
When you speak to me it's a song
And I know what to say

Broken Boy Soldier

I'm pulling my questions from my shelf
I'm asking forgiveness
I'm asking about it by myself
And I want you to know this
And I want you to know this

You're rifling through a bunch of toys
That were handed down to me
Just take all the ones you want and then
Give the rest to my family

I'm gonna go back to school today
But I'm dropping myself off
I'm throwing the childhood scenes away
Through ripping myself off
I'm done ripping myself off

Well, I'm child and man and child again
The toy broken boy soldier
I'm child and man and child again
The boy never gets older

The boy never gets older
The boy never gets older
The boy never gets older
The boy never gets older
Never gets older

The boy broken toy soldier
The boy, the boy

Intimate Secretary

I've got a rabbit, it likes to hop
I've got a girl and she likes to shop
The other foot looks like it won't drop
I had an uncle and he got shot

Is this greeting the type that's meant for me?
Are you part of this khakistocracy?

This ringing in my ears won't stop
I've got a red Japanese tea-pot
I've got a pen but I lost the top
I've got so many things you haven't got

This fellow's craft is just not for sharing
He's not an intimate secretary

I've got a rabbit, it likes to hop
I've got a girl and she likes to shop
The other foot looks like it won't drop
I had an uncle but he got shot

Venerable obscurist malarkey
A doulocracy ecclesiarchy
Our fellow's craft is just not for sharing
He's not an intimate secretary

The exarchy's inspector inquisitor
I dare mock an illustrious master
Are you part of this khakistocracy?
Is this greeting the type that's meant for me?

Together

You and me forever, we belong together
And we'll always endeavor, through out any type of weather

You want everything to be just like
The stories that you read, but never write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
Or you'll get burned

You wrote our names down on the sidewalk
But the rain came and washed them off
So we should write them again on wet cement
So people a long time from now will know what we meant

You want every morning to be just like
The stories that you read, but never write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn, oh
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
I'm only concerned

I'm adding something new to the mixture
So there's a different hue to your picture
A different ending to this fairytale
And no sunset into which we sail

You want everything to be just like
The stories that you read, but you can't write
You've gotta learn to live and live and learn, oh
You've gotta learn to give and wait your turn
Or you'll get burned

Level

My baby's on the level
I try to read her mind
She's on the straight and narrow
I'm guessin' all the time

But I can't see the road
If I'm lookin' at the signs
I'm carryin' a load
And steppin' out of line

My baby's on the level
(My baby's on the level)
I try to read her mind
(I try to read her mind)

She's on the straight and narrow
(She's on the straight and narrow)
I'm guessin' all the time
(And I'm guessin' all the time)

Oh, well, how can I see the road?
(How can I see the road?)
If I'm lookin' at the signs
(If I'm lookin' at the signs)

I'm carryin' a load
(I'm carryin' a load)
And steppin' out of line

Store Bought Bones

Down upon your hands and knees
Underneath the poplar trees
Digging through the sticks and stones
Looking for store bought bones

Waiting on the rising sun
Clutching at your holstered gun
Praying on a shooting star
That I can be wherever you are

Looking through a telescope
Maybe there's a sign of hope
Leaving everything behind
Stirring a store bought mind

Sitting at the edge of the seat
Wishing you were here by me
Sifting through the mud and the bricks
Looking for a store bought fix

You can't buy what you can't find
What you can't buy, what you find
What you can't buy, what you can
You can't buy what you can't find, what you can

You can't buy what you can't find, what you can
Buy what you find, what you can't find, what you can
You can't buy what you can't find, what you can
You can't buy what you can't find, what you can

Yellow Sun

Yellow sun is shining in the afternoon
I'd really like to tell you, but I feel it's too soon
My actions are dictated by the phase of the moon
The phase of the moon

The sun, it isn't hiding when it sets on you
It's not a coward like me and I know that it's true
Waiting for the darkness now is all I can do
It's all I can do

And if the sun should follow us into your room
Well, the courage will be robbed from me to tell you the truth
But selling some of the only thing that's shining on you
That's shining on you

You're making me hungry
But what's really funny, is it's not sunny anymore

And when I finally told you when the sun has gone
You're laughing 'cause I thought I was the only one
And the only thing that's left for me is the rising sun
The rising sun

You're making me hungry, you're making me hungry
But what's really funny, is it's not sunny anymore

You're making me hungry, you're making me hungry
But what's really funny, is it's not sunny anymore

It's not sunny anymore, it's not sunny anymore
It's not sunny anymore, it's not sunny anymore
It's not sunny anymore, it's not sunny anymore

It's not sunny anymore, it's not sunny anymore
It's not sunny anymore, it's not sunny anymore
It's not sunny anymore

Call It a Day

Can we call it a day? Now would that be okay?
Can we just go our own separate ways?
'Cos I'm cold and I'm wet and I'm willing to bet
That you constructed this maze

I stumble around, try to follow the sound
Then something takes hold of my hand
If we cause such a mess and I'd venture to guess
That you concocted this plan

Don't know what to do 'cos it's always been you
Who helps me to make up my mind
But I'll stake my life and I swear by this knife
That it's all by your design

Enough has been said, it goes 'round in my head
Until I break down and cry
I wouldn't be surprised if that looks in your eyes
Was your way of saying goodbye

Can we call it a day? Now would that be okay?
Can we just go our own separate ways?
'Cos I'm cold and I'm wet and I'm willing to bet
That you constructed this maze

You concocted this plan

Don't know what to do 'cos it's always been you
Who helps me to make up my mind
But I stake my life and I'll swear by this knife
That it's all by your design

Yeah, it's all by your design

Blue Veins

When I was surrounded by the world
You were the only one who came
And you were the only one astounded, which kept me grounded
As the other girls thrashed my very name

Then I looked over
Just in time to see her smiling back at me
And saying everything's okay
As long as you're inside my blue veins, your blue veins

Yeah, and the feeling that you gave me
No matter what I do or where I go
It always will remain and those who would enslave me
To get to me must get past you and will have no luck
'Cause you'll protect me from all pain, it's true, they'll have no luck

The most beautiful, yeah, the most beautiful thing
'Cause anything else can't compare
Must be the blood that's running through your blue veins, your blue veins

Your blue veins

And I know you won't deceive me
Like the rest and there's nothing you need to explain
You're always the first one to believe me
When I said to you girl, I think it's gonna rain
But I could be wrong

Yeah but all of these things, all these things
They're all truly nice but ain't nothing
Ain't nothing compared to the love
That's running through your little blue veins, your blue veins