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Watch the official video for "The Hardest Button To Button" by The White Stripes and directed by Michel Gondry Listen to The White Stripes: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/listenYD Merch: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/MerchStoreYD Subscribe to the official YouTube channel: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more videos by The White Stripes: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/listenYD/youtube Follow The White Stripes: Facebook: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/followYD/facebook Twitter: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/followYD/twitter Website: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/followYD/websitegeneral Instagram: https://TheWhiteStripes.lnk.to/followYD/instagram Lyrics: We started living in an old house My ma gave birth and we were checking it out It was a baby boy, so we bought him a toy It was a ray gun, and it was 1981 We named him 'Baby', he had a toothache He started crying, it sounded like an earthquake It didn't last long, because I stopped it I grabbed a rag doll and stuck some little pins in it Now we're a family, and we're alright now We got money, and a little place to fight now We don't know you, and we don't owe you But if you see us around, I got something else to show you [Instrumental Break] Now it's easy when you don't know better You think it's sleazy? Then put it in a short letter We keep warm, but there's just something wrong with you Just feel that you're the hardest little button to button I had opinions that didn't matter I had a brain that felt like pancake batter I got a backyard with nothing in it Except a stick, a dog, and a box with something in it The hardest button to button The hardest button to button The hardest button to button The hardest button to button Uh-oh The hardest button to button The hardest button to button Uh-oh The hardest button to button The hardest button to button [Instrumental Break] The hardest button to button The hardest button to button The hardest button to button The hardest button to button Uh-oh #TheWhiteStripes #HardestButtonToButton #MichelGondry

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Lo-fi bluesy garage indie rock duo from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Formed in 1997, stopped performing in February 2011. Members: [a278763] (vocals, guitar, and keyboards); [a367269] (drums and percussion). The two were a married couple at one point, but divorced in March 2000. Jack White, previously a guitarist in the garage band The Go, was heavily influenced by folk blues, country, heavy 60s British blues and psychedelic rock, and Broadway show tunes. As a duo, The White Stripes dressed in minim...

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