Your Southern Can Is Mine

Lyrics Information

now lookit here mama
let me explain you this
you wanna get crooked
I'll even give you my fist
you might read from revelation
back to genesis
you get crooked
your southern can belongs to me
so there ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine in the morning
your southern can belongs to me
you might go uptown
have me arrested
put in jail
some hotshot's got money
gonna pull my bail
as soon as I get out
hit the ground
your southern can is worth a dollars and half a pound
so there ain't no use in brining no jive to me
your southern can is mine
I'm talkin' about it
your southern can belongs to me
ya might take it from the south
baby, hide it up north
understand you can't rule me or be my boss
take it from the east
hide in the west
but when I get it momma your can'll see no rest
so there ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine, I'm screamin
your southern can belongs to me
now baby, ashes to ashes
sand to sand
when I hit you momma
then you feel my hand
give you a punch
through that barbed wire fence
when I hit you baby
you know I make no sense
ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine
I know it
your southern can belongs to me
well now look here woman
don't get hot
I'm gettin me a brick outta my backyard
there ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine
I'm talkin about it
your southern can belongs to me
well if I catch you momma down in the heart of town
I'm gonna grab me a brick and tear your can on down
ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine
I know it
your southern can belongs to me
you maybe get bed sickness, baby, graveyard bound
I'm gonna make you moan like a graveyard hound
baby there ain't no use in bringing no jive to me
your southern can is mine
I'm screamin
your southern can belongs to me

[you keep moving around like you're uncomfortable what's the matter willie?]
[well, I was in an automobile accident last night and still shook up.
noone got hurt, but it was all jostled up mighty bad, shake up.
still sore brother, but noone got hurt]

Performed by The White Stripes
Written by Blind Willie McTell

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Notes

Meg appears on backing vocals