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the big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again
their ideas made me want to spit
a hundred dollars goes down the pit
30,000 wheels are rollin'
and my stick shift hands are swollen
everything involved is shady
the big three killed my baby
yeah, yeah, yeah
the big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again
why don't you take the day off and try to repair
a billion others don't seem to care
better ideas are stuck in the mud
the motors runnin' on tuckers blood
dont let them tell you the future's electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric
30,000 wheels are spinnin'
and oil company faces are grinnin'
now my hands are turnin' red
and i found out my baby is dead
yeah, yeah, yeah
the big three killed my baby
no money in my hand again
the big three killed my baby
nobody's coming home again
well I've said it now, nothings changed
people are burnin' for pocket change
and creative minds are lazy
and the big three killed my baby
yeah, yeah, yeah
and my baby's my common sense
so don't feed me planned obsolescence
yeah my baby's my common sense
so don't feed my planned obsolescence
I'm about to have another blowout
I'm about to have another blowout
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Performed by The White Stripes
Written by The White Stripes
(Peppermint Stripe Music, BMI)
BMI # 5807778
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- The Big Three Killed My Baby 7"
- The White
Stripes
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Jack White:
"I'm pretty fed up with cars...I don't know what you call it when Buddhist
monks whip themselves, but I have that on my hand, I have three hose
clamps on my hand, for the Big Three. And somebody just made me a necklace
with a piece off a piece of machinery that says 'Property of Ford Motor
Company.' I have a big hatred for that, for having spent so much money and
time on something that hasn't changed in over a hundred years, same design
of the engine in a car, it's not progressing at all. That's why I say,
'Don't let them tell you the future's electric/Because gasoline's not
measured in metric.' The idea that they won't make any money if they make
a good car. Kind of a shame. That's where we're from, that's what this
whole town is about. Everybody works for the car company, and that's what
I do, I work on commercials filming for the car companies. And it's a
tremendous waste of money."
Jack White:
"I just can't stand cars. I think they are the worst money pits and
killing machines of all time. Every car I've ever had has broken down,
like, every week (points to 2 rings and bracelet). These are hose clamps
from a car engine. I wear them as a symbol. I wanted to organize an
anti-automotive festival in Detroit, but it never came together. It's such
a farce. The companies are so tied in with the oil companies. For God's
sake, we have wars over the oil to put gas in our cars."
Jack White:
"Everybody, all they do is spend all their money on the car companies," he
said. "It seems to be this thing that everybody just accepts, like that's
the way it's gonna be, and nobody complains about it. I don't understand
it."
Jack White: "Most of the time I don't care at all about [politics]. I never
voted for president because I don't care for it. "The Big 3 Killed My
Baby" [a song from an earlier album] hits home because of where we're from
and how much I think the big three [auto companies] rip off everyone. It
seems really funny to me that nobody cares. The car has been ruining my
life at all times."
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