Matchbox

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[Performed Lyrics]

sittin' here watchin'
matchbox full of holes
ahh, sittin' watchin' matchbox [?]
well I ain't got no matches
but I sure got a long way to go
well, if you don't like my peaches baby
don't shake my tree
I said, if you don't like my peaches
please don't mess up [?] my tree
I got news for you [cous?]
gonna leave me in misery


[Original Lyrics]

I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches but I sure
got a long way to go.

I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a
long way from home.
I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a
long way from home.
I'll never be happy cause everything I've
ever did was wrong.

well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
please don't shake my tree.
well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
please don't shake my tree.
I got news for you baby, leave me here in misery.

well, let me be your little dog, till your
big dog comes.
well, let me be your little dog, till your
big dog comes.
and when your big dog gets here, watch how
your puppy dog runs.

I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches but I sure
got a long way to go.

Performed by The White Stripes
Written by Carl Perkins

Performed

performed live 7.15.01 San Francisco, CA

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