It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
It's quite possible that I'm your third man girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
And right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care, by the time I'm done
Let's have a ball and a biscuit sugar
And take our sweet little time about it
Let's have a ball girl
And take our sweet little time about it
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
And we'll get clean together
And I'll find me soapbox where I can shout it
Yeah
Read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends and see if they know
Read it in the newspaper
Ask your girlfriends see if they know
That my strength is ten fold girl
I'll let you see if you want to before you go
Let's have a ball and a biscuit sugar
And take our sweet little time about it
Let's have a ball
And take our sweet little time about it
Tell everybody in the place to just get out
We'll get clean together
And I'll find me soapbox where I can shout it
Yeah I can think of one or two things to say about it
Ah listen
Yeah it's quite possible that I'm your third man
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
It was the other two which made me your third
But it was my mother who made me the seventh son
Right now you could care less about me
But soon enough you will care by the time I'm done
Just wait
Stick around
You'll figure it out



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Ball and Biscuit song meanings
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  • +1
    General Comment:Derrhey!!! Guys, ever hear of Quaaludes?? In the 70's they were called Disco Biscuits see... so this song is a basic sex invite... having a ball... ya know? Let's have a ball and a biscuit.. let's have a quaalude and fuck. ;)
    Flag MultumInParvoon April 17, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I was listening to a Son House radio on pandora and a song came on.. I think it was 'the one they call the seventh son' by Willie Dixon. I immediately thought of this ball and biscuit song. It does seem like a reference to that old blues. It doesn't sound much like zeppelin to me though. I think it's just because Jack listens to all that old blues. Anyways, love this song. Crazy awesome guitar.
    Flag socialpulseon April 11, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:While I agree that this song is about sex.... I kind of feel that being the 3rd man and 7th son might have somehow been inspired by the #7 of the I Ching...
    The #7 means completion (by the time I'm done). The relationship of 7 is the 3rd son..
    Just sayin'
    Flag themillieblogon December 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Some people said this is false but, whether its fact or reference, Jack is indeed the seventh son. The youngest of ten children with six brothers and 3 sisters. At least I'm pretty sure thats right? :/
    Flag TheDeadThingson August 03, 2011   Link
  • +2
    My Opinion:Random thought that I have every time I hear this song.... while I totally agree that it's probably just about sex, I can't help but examine this one part:

    "Tell everybody in the place to just get out
    And we'll get clean together
    And I'll find me soapbox where I can shout it "

    I always wonder if the reference to 'getting clean' is actually about quitting drugs (or just stopping the party life). In order to do this, the speaker would have to get rid of people/places/things that they used/partied with ("tell everybody in the place to just get out"). Getting on the soapbox to shout about it would make sense, as the speaker would be proud of themselves -- and maybe acting a bit 'holier-than-thou' after getting their life cleaned up.

    Just a random thought!
    Flag divineaverageon September 30, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I love how The White Stripes tend to keep the guitar rifts and drums beats plain and simple and allow ou to really focus on the lyrics... I really feel as if the importance of lyrics in songs has been lost by most artists in recent years.
    Flag Freak090on September 29, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:really gorgeous song with willie dixon-esque riffs, jack loving willie dixon, most of his guitar influence is said to be blind willie mctell( your southern can is mine is a cover of) but blues none the less... seventh son is probably a dylan reference and him actually being the seventh son maybe bringing in the story from folk lore of "seventh son of the seventh son" supposed to ave mystical powers
    Flag jimjackjanison May 09, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Being the seventh soon is a blues reference used a lot as being the seventh son is supposed to be special (I read it somewhere ages ago, but I can't remember why).
    It's just a coincidence that Jack is also the seventh son, and being a worshiper of the blues he'd definitely slip it in.
    Other than that, whether 'ball and biscuit' is a microphone name which the White Stripes tured dirty or not, this song is one hundred per cent sex. You don't even need the lyrics, you only need to hear that riff. It's a very very sexy riff.
    Flag VortexOfLanguageon January 05, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Ball = sex
    Biscuit = food
    Both necessary for survival as far as I'm concerned...great tune!
    Flag leedoon October 04, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I definitely feel the sexual part of this song, but I always thought that "Ball and Biscuit" was a drug reference. Cocaine and ecstasy. That was my first thought at this song, but nobody's said anything like that so maybe I'm completely off.
    Flag asdffdsaon June 23, 2009   Link

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