Everlasting Light Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill Backing Vocals by Nicole Wray
Let me be your everlasting light The sun when there is none I’m a shepherd for you And I’ll guide you through Let me be your evelasting light Let me be your everlasting light I’ll hold and never scold In me you can confide When no one’s by your side Let me be your everlasting light Oh darling, can’t you see I’m shining just for you Loneliness is over Dark days are through Let me be your everlasting light A train going away from pain Love is the coal That makes this train roll Let me be your everlasting light
Next Girl
Tighten Up
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill Backing Vocals by Nicole Wray
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at The Bunker, Brooklyn, New York Engineered by Kennie Takahashi Produced by Danger Mouse
The look of the cake It ain’t always the taste My ex girl she had Such a beautiful face I wanted love But not for myself But for the girl So she could love herself My next girl Will be nothing like my ex girl I made mistakes back then I’ll never do it again With my next girl She’ll be nothing like my ex girl That was a painful dance Now I got a second chance A beautiful face And a wicked way And I’m paying for her Beautiful face every day All that work Over so much time If I think too hard I might lose my mind
I wanted love, I needed love Most of all, most of all Someone said true love was dead And I’m bound to fall, bound to fall For you But what can I do? Take my badge but my heart remains Lovin’ you, baby child Tighten up on your reigns You’re runnin’ wil d, runnin’ wild It’s true Sick for days in so many ways I’m achin’ now, I’m achin’ now It’s times like these I need relief Please show me how, show me how To get right When I was young and moving fast Nothing slowed me down, slowed me down Now I let the others pass I’ve come around, come around Living just to keep going Going just to stay sane All the while never knowing It’s such a shame I don’t need to get steady I know just how I feel I’m telling you to get ready My dear
Howlin’ For You
She’s Long Gone
The Only One
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill Backing Vocals by Nicole Wray
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Easy Eye Sound System Engineered by Dan Auerbach Produced by The Black Keys
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Easy Eye Sound System Engineered by Dan Auerbach Produced by The Black Keys
I must admit I can’t explain All these thoughts racing Through my brain
She was made to blow you away She don’t care what any man say You can watch her strut But keep your mouth shut Or it’s ruination day
It’s true Baby I’m howlin’ for you
She’s long, long gone She’s long gone like Moses through the corn
There’s something wrong With this plot The actors here Have not got
Her eyes are rubies and pearls And she’s not made like those other girls Her lashes flap and they smack men back Like springs they bounce off of her curls
A clue Baby I’m howlin’ for you Mockingbird Can’t you see The little girl’s Got a hold on me Like glue Baby I’m howlin’ for you Throw the ball To the stic k Swing and miss In the catcher’s mitt Strike two Baby I’m howlin’ for you
Black Mud Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Easy Eye Sound System Engineered by Dan Auerbach Produced by The Black Keys
Can’t explain Nor can I contain Control You have on my soul It’s all I do Is baby dream of you I’m falling down When you’re around You’re the only one You’re the only one I’m so wrapped up in a daze Hoping this is just a faze But when all is said and done I know you are still the one You’re the only one You’re the only one Cupid’s bow it stung Now you’re the only one Mystery Is what this is to me I’m giving up I’m having no luck Like a ghost The one that I love most She disappears When I get near
Too Af raid To Love You Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
My gears they grind More each day And I feel like They’re gonna grind away And the city blocks They drive me wild They’re never ending Mile after mile I just don’t know what to do I’m too afraid to love you It’s heaven on earth In her embrace Her gentle touch And her smiling face I’m just one wishing That I was a pair With someone Oh somewhere All those sleepless nights And all those wasted days I wish loneliness would leave me But I think he’s here to stay What more can I do I’m wringing myself dry And I can’t afford to lose One more teardrop from my eye
Ten Cent Pi stol
Sinister Kid
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
Well, he ran around Late at night Holding hands And making light Of everything That came before But there she was Behind the door
The crooks are out And the streets are gray You know I wouldn’t have it Any other way
She hit them with her ten cent pistol Because they ruined her name Well, she hit them with her ten cent pistol And they’ve never been the same There’s nothing worse In this world Than payback from a Jealous girl The laws of man Don’t apply When blood gets in A woman’s eye Stars did fall Thunder rolled Bugs crawled back In their holes The couple screamed But far too late Cause a jealous heart Did retaliate
The Go Getter
Im Not The One
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
Hi-fi bone box Pretty girl in bobby sox After party in a hotel room Pretty soon there will be no moon Stumble home in the pouring rain Let the water ease my worried brain Some days I just can’t get along I need a head to lean my shoulders on
I've been tried And I’ve been tested I was born tired And I never got rested Harder than Marble stone I’m better off Better off left alone
Palm trees The flat broke disease And LA has got me On my knees I am The bluest of blues Every day A different way to lose The Go Getter
Cause I’m not the one No I’m not the one You wanted it all But I’ll give you none Cause, I’m not the one
I got a table at the Rainbow Room I told my wife I’d be home soon Big ships are approaching the docks I got my hi-fi bone box Mashed potatoes in cellophane I see my life going down the drain Hold me baby and don’t let go Pretty girls help to soften the blow
Well, like a toy To a kid I said jump And mama you did You know, your daddy knows And your mama knows That’s wrong So now it’s time For me to move on You think That I’m normal But all these years I’m just trying to warn you You’d do good To move on No it won’t Hurt me none
Your mother’s words They’re ringing still But your mother don’t Pay our bills A sinister kid is a kid who Runs to meet his Maker A drop dead sprint from the day he’s born Straight into his Maker’s arms And that’s me, that’s me The boy with the broken halo That’s me, that’s me The devil won’t let me be I got a tortured mind And my blade is sharp A bad combination In the dark If I kill a man In the first degree Baby would you Flee with me
Unknown Brother Written by The Black Keys Recorded at Easy Eye Sound System Engineered by Dan Auerbach Produced by The Black Keys
Though I never met you And we spoke not a word I’ll never forget you Through stories that I’ve heard For you unknown brother My baby’s mother is pained Cause your soul is in heaven But your memory remains Unknown, unknown brother I’ll meet you someday Unknown, unknown brother We’ll walk through fields where children play Your eyes shined bright When you were a kid Your sisters loved you And all that you did Big brother, big brother Don’t worry a bit Your flame ha s not faded Since the day it was lit Your life Was joy Your mama’s Only boy And when the skies Are blue Big brother They’re blue for you We’ll smile like pictures Of you as a boy Long before you retired To heavenly joy
Never Gonn a Give You Up Written by Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Neill
These Days Written by The Black Keys Recorded Soil of the South Studios in San Diego Engineered by Mark Neill Produced by The Black Keys and Mark Niell
My hand to God I didn’t mean to After all Look what we’ve been through Men come in different shades That’s how we’re made The little house on Ellis Drive Is where I felt most alive The oak tree covered that old Ford I miss it Lord, I miss it Lord These blood red eyes Don’t see so good But what’s worse is if they could Would I change my ways? Wasted times and broken dreams Violent colors so obscene It’s all I see these days These days Watch what you say The devil is listenin’ He’s got ears that you Wouldn’t believe And brother once you go to him It’s your soul you can never retrieve
All songs performed by The Black Keys All songs Published by McMoore McLeest Publishing (BMI), Administered by Wixen Music, Except “Never Gonna Give You Up” Published By Sony/ATV Melody Mixed by Tchad Blake Mastering by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering Photography by John Peets Art Direction & Artwork by Michael Carney Thank You to our families and friends, Tchad Blake, Mark Neill, Brian Lucey, Michael Carney, John Peets, Ryan Harrington, everyone at Q Prime, Mary Moyer, Elizabeth Gregory, Dave Kaplan, Mike Greek, David Bither, everyone at Nonesuch, Angela Lagerson, Jamie Cheek, everyone at FBMM, Jason Rackham, BT, Noel Webster, Brian Burton, Kennie Takahashi, George Morris, Nicole Wray, Stephanie and Sadie Auerbach, Emily Ward, Jason Tarulli, Vern Christian, Mike Grant, Ted Mallison, Dan Johnson, Jamie Stillman, Jill Schumann, Muscle Shoals, the Haynes Family, Akron, and Mellotrons. Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company, 1290 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. & © 2010 Nonesuch Records Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for Canada. Warning: Unauthorized reproduction of this recording is prohibited by federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.
