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The Black Keys - El Camino Album Lyrics



The Black Keys - El Camino Lyrics






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 bleedin'
Any old time, you keep me waitin'
Waitin', waitin'

Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
I'm a lonely boy
I'm a lonely boy
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'

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 waitin'
Waitin', waitin'

Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
I'm a lonely boy
I'm a lonely boy
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'

Hey

Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
I'm a lonely boy
I'm a lonely boy
Oh, whoa, oh
I got a love that keeps me waitin'
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Writer: Brian Joseph Burton, Daniel Quine Auerbach, Patrick James Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Dead And Gone

Nah nah
Nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah

Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah, nah nah

So long
Why'd 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, oh oh oh
I'll go anywhere you go, oh oh oh
All the way, all the way
I'll go anywhere you go, oh oh oh
I'll go anywhere you go, oh oh oh
All the way, all the way

So long
Why'd 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 eatin' right
I need to say, gotta say

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

Nah nah
Nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah

Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah, nah nah
Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah nah (whoa oh oh)
Nah nah, nah nah
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






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 blood in my eye

Clouds covered love's
Barbed-wire fence
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 blood in my eye

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 blood in my eye

Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye
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Writer: Brian Joseph Burton, Daniel Auerbach, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






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 it 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 it glow
But everybody knows
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
That a broken heart is blind
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Writer: Brian Joseph Burton, Daniel Quine Auerbach, Patrick James Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Money Maker

Oh, she wants milk and honey
Oh, 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 ya
Way down down she's bound to break ya
Hey may she's a money maker

Oh, she just keeps me guessing
Oh, never tells me yes and
Oh, I just can't let go
And nothin' that I show will ever do, for you

Hey my my she's a money maker
Hey my my she's gonna take ya
Way down down she's bound to break ya
Hey may she's a money maker

Hey my my she's a money maker
Hey my my she's gonna take ya
Way down down she's bound to break ya
Hey may she's a money maker
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






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 under
That pretty head of hers, oh
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 won't jump the track
I'll run right back I'm sure
I'll run right back to her

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

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

She's the worst thing
I've been addicted to, oh no

Oh no, oh no, I run right back
Run right back to her
I won't jump the track
I'll run right back I'm sure
I'll run right back to her

I'll run right back to her, oh
I'll run right back to her
I'll run right back to her, oh
I'll run right back to her

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Sister

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

Shake up
Gotta shake up you're freezin'
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 they 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
So long
So long
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Hell Of A 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, yeah

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

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, oh

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

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

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

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

Say you'll be better
I'll keep waiting forever
You know I do
You know I do, oh
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






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
Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl

I hunted you forever
But you never saw
This love was so strong it should'a
Been against the law

Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing stop, stop it girl
Yeah 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

Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing gotta stop, stop it girl
Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl
Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you hear me call
And singing gotta stop, stop it girl
Yeah you gotta stop, stop can't you see me fall
And singing stop, stop it girl
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Nova Baby

You walk around in other towns
I've seen you out, just hangin' 'round
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, oh

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
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






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 oh, deep down I can't let go

Oh, don't let it be over, over oh
Oh, 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
Oh, it hurts so, and I can't let go

Oh, don't let it be over, over, oh
Oh, don't let it be over, let it be over, oh oh

Oh, don't let it be over, over, oh
Oh, don't let it be over, let it be over, oh
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Writer: Daniel Auerbach, Brian Joseph Burton, Patrick Carney
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.








El Camino is the seventh studio album by American rock duo the Black Keys. It was co-produced by Danger Mouse and the group, and was released on Nonesuch Records on December 6, 2011. The record was the band's follow-up to their commercial breakthrough, Brothers (2010), and was their third collaboration with Danger Mouse. El Camino draws from popular genres of the 1950s to 1970s, such as rock and roll, glam rock, rockabilly, surf rock and soul. Danger Mouse contributed as a co-writer on each of the 11 songs alongside guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney.

The album was recorded from March to May 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee, at Easy Eye Sound Studio, which Auerbach opened the year prior. The band approached writing and recording differently than on previous albums, as they entered the studio without having written any material and deliberated longer on how to structure songs. After struggling to translate the slower songs from Brothers to a live setting, the band wrote more uptempo, hook-laden tracks for El Camino. The album's cover art depicts a minivan similar to one the group toured in early in their career, but in an inside joke, they named the record after the El Camino muscle car. A faux newspaper advertisement and parody car commercial playing on this joke were used to promote the record prior to release.

Lead single "Lonely Boy" became the group's highest-charting single in several countries, including the United States, Australia, and Canada. The album was acclaimed by critics and was ranked in many publications' year-end lists of the best albums of the year. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and reached the top five of the album charts in Australia, Canada, Belgium (Flanders), and New Zealand. The album was certified multi-platinum in the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as well as platinum in the United Kingdom, France, and Ireland. The Black Keys supported the album with the El Camino Tour, their first headlining arena tour. Four additional singles were released, including "Gold on the Ceiling" and "Little Black Submarines", which were rock radio successes. El Camino won the award for Best Rock Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, while "Lonely Boy" received honors for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.
Performed By: The Black Keys
Released: December 6th, 2011
Year: 2011

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