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Dead leaves and the dirty ground
when I know you're not around
shiny tops and soda pops
when I hear your lips make a sound
Thirty notes in the mailbox
will tell you that I'm coming home
and I think I'm gonna stick around
for a while so you're not alone
If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall
if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I want to give you what you give to me
and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me
I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down
then I come home
no one to wrap my arms around
Well any man with a microphone
can tell you what he loves the most
and you know why you love at all
if you're thinking of the holy ghost
when I know you're not around
shiny tops and soda pops
when I hear your lips make a sound
Thirty notes in the mailbox
will tell you that I'm coming home
and I think I'm gonna stick around
for a while so you're not alone
If you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall
if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I want to give you what you give to me
and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me
I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down
then I come home
no one to wrap my arms around
Well any man with a microphone
can tell you what he loves the most
and you know why you love at all
if you're thinking of the holy ghost
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Track duration: 03:04
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So beautiful
he wrote dead leaves and a dirty ground, hotel yorba and now mary while he was with two star tabernacle(in 98 and 99) they even sang them live
I bought White Blood Cells because i wanted to know what all the fuss was about but i didn't know much about the band. As soon as i put it on i was hooked. That big ugly distorted guitar work in the beginning is one of the most beautiful sounds i have ever heard. To me it signaled the return of rock n roll.
Lyrically the song is great but it means much more to me musically.
Jack White has always been good at evoking human sentiment.
"if I could just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all"
I can't explain how much I can relate to that line.
The only boy I've ever loved has the most beautiful voice,
and these eyes, that could make me smile any day, even if I was in the worst mood ever. I lost him due to my foolishness and would give anything in the world
just to hear him sing, or talk to me again.
I love him.
First verse is about feeling godless (lines 1-2) and feeling god (lines 3-4)
next verse is gods response saying he is sending a sign and coming to comfort.
next verse is god saying he is easy to hear and then jack asking to hear him because if he could hear his voice he wouldn't need to see a sign.
then god says he wants to give him soft hair (like christ was given with oil) and a velvet tongue (how christ talked to the masses) then god says every day jack lives he is happy for him (breath in his lungs)
I didn't feel so bad until the sun went down is when christ was taken off the cross and he was alone then.
Then god warns: beware of preachers telling you what to do (man with microphone) telling you what to love and god says you will know love through him and the holy ghost..... so the song has dealt with all father, son and holy ghost.
Believe it or not this is the best fitting knowing that Jack White is very Catholic and writes constantly about spiritual things in his life and the lack of feeling and pleads to god for information in life on every level in many of his songs.
I named my puppy after him
because he has a "White Stripe"
on his wittle nosey...AWWWWW
aaaaand I don't care. As long as they
keep rockin out I'm a fan. Love this
song and I love the Holy Ghost referance,
however I don't think he meant it as a
religious thing. I think the going
home alone part is simply they don't
live together and he wishes they did.
That might be a teen love thing though..