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A Martyr For My Love For You - The White Stripes



     
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She was sixteen and six feet tall
In a crowd of teenagers comin' out of the zoo
She stumbled, started to slip and fall
Teeter-tottered on the top of patent leather shoes
I happened to catch her and said
"Maybe these ruby shoes are a little cumbersome for you"
Maybe for you, nowBut not as shaky as I must have seemed
Talkin' junk through her giggle, little teenage dream
And on the phone I could not compete
My dumb luck, fake competence was gettin weak
For a sec I thought I sounded sweet
But sure enough in a gruff, faint voice
I heard myself speakI could stay a while but sooner or later I'll break your smile
And I can tell a joke but one of these days I'm bound to choke
And we could share a kiss but I feel like I can't go through with this
And I bet we could build a home but I know the right thing for me to do
Is to leave you alone, leave you alone, nowI'm beginnin to like you
So you probably won't get what I'm going to do

I'm walkin' away from you
It probably don't make much sense to you
But I'm tryin to save you
From all of the things that I'll probably say or do
I'll probably doI could stay a while but sooner or later I'll break your smile
And I can tell a joke but one of these days I'm bound to choke
And we might share a kiss but I feel like I can't go through with this
And I bet we could build a home but I know the right thing for me to do
Is to leave you alone, leave you alone, nowYou'll probably call me a fool
And say I'm doin' exactly what a coward would do
An I'm beginnin to like you
Its a shame, what a lame way to live but what can I do?
I hope you appreciate what I doI'm a martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
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The White Stripes were an alternative rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. They disbanded in 2011. The group consisted of songwriter Jack White (vocals, piano/keyboards, guitar) and Meg White (drums, vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit independent music underground, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock revival scene. Their successful albums White Blood Cells and Elephant drew them attention from a large variety of media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom.


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