The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
One, two, three, four
Well, every highway that I go down
Seems to be longer than the last one I knew about, oh well
And every girl that I walk around
Seems to be more of an illusion than the last one that I found, oh well
And this old man in front of me
Wearin' canes and ruby rings is like containing an explosion when he sings
With every chance to set himself on fire
He just ends up doing the same thing
Well, each beautiful thing I come across
Tells me to stop moving and shake this riddle off, oh well
And there was a time when all I wanted
Was my ice cream colder and a little cream soda, oh well, oh well
And a wooden box in an alley full of rocks
Was all I had to care about, oh well, oh well, oh well
Now my mind is filled with rubber tires, and forest fires
And whether I'm a liar and lots of other situations where I don't know what to do
At which time God screams to me "There's nothing left for me to tell you"
Nothing left for me to tell you, nothing left
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
Well, every highway that I go down
Seems to be longer than the last one I knew about, oh well
And every girl that I walk around
Seems to be more of an illusion than the last one that I found, oh well
And this old man in front of me
Wearin' canes and ruby rings is like containing an explosion when he sings
With every chance to set himself on fire
He just ends up doing the same thing
Well, each beautiful thing I come across
Tells me to stop moving and shake this riddle off, oh well
And there was a time when all I wanted
Was my ice cream colder and a little cream soda, oh well, oh well
And a wooden box in an alley full of rocks
Was all I had to care about, oh well, oh well, oh well
Now my mind is filled with rubber tires, and forest fires
And whether I'm a liar and lots of other situations where I don't know what to do
At which time God screams to me "There's nothing left for me to tell you"
Nothing left for me to tell you, nothing left
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
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anyone else noticed that jack White seems to say 'oh well' quite alot? I mean, its kind of obvious in this song, but its definitely in quite a few other songs! very odd....