The White Stripes - Death Letter: lyrics and video
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userI first heard this on their DVD Under Blackpool Lights I was amazed because there was slow soft improvised slide section that led into a faster tempo, then a solo, then back to standard tempo then a solo then he broke out "Grinnin' In Your Face", and then he went for a final solo. When I heard this studio version and I was a little let down, at first. Now, I realize he didn't want to stray to far away from Son House's original and it wouldn't have fit the albums clean sound.
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LAKE ORION?
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The original version is better than this version, but the live version of this is fucking amazing, it's faster than this, has more of Jack's crazy style, much more guitar solos, and usually has a totally a cappella version of "Grinnin' in your face" .
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I'm afraid this is the original studio version with a gig vid...
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He means the original Eddie Son House version.
user
My stars, I had never seen anyone play the guitar with such dexterity; I absolutely love it!
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Will check it out, thanks :)
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Hey muse, it's a great song, but it's not their song. It's by a very old blues singer called Son House.
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yes, but i think this version is quite better...but, hey. that's just what i think. don't tear my heart out.
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Lyrics:
I got a letter this morning
how do you reckon it read?
hurry the gal you love is dead
I got a letter this morning
I'm wondering
how you reckon it read
he said, hurry, hurry
on account that gal you love is dead
I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off down the road
When I got there she was, laying on the cooling board
Packed up my suitcase and I took off down the road
When I got there she was laying on the cooling board
It looked like ten thousand people standing around the burying ground
I didn't know I loved her, 'til they began to let her down
looked like ten thousand, people standing around the burying ground
I didn't know I loved her, 'til they began to let her down
You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what you do
so hard to love someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, and don't care what you do
Well I got up this morning the break of day
Just hugging the pillow, she used to lay
Got up this morning would you believe the break of day
Just hugging the pillow, where my baby used to lay
I got a letter this morning
how do you reckon it read?
hurry the gal you love is dead
I got a letter this morning
I'm wondering
how you reckon it read
he said, hurry, hurry
on account that gal you love is dead
I grabbed up my suitcase, I took off down the road
When I got there she was, laying on the cooling board
Packed up my suitcase and I took off down the road
When I got there she was laying on the cooling board
It looked like ten thousand people standing around the burying ground
I didn't know I loved her, 'til they began to let her down
looked like ten thousand, people standing around the burying ground
I didn't know I loved her, 'til they began to let her down
You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what you do
so hard to love someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, and don't care what you do
Well I got up this morning the break of day
Just hugging the pillow, she used to lay
Got up this morning would you believe the break of day
Just hugging the pillow, where my baby used to lay
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