Lazaretto

Jack White

My veins are blue and connected 
And every single bone in my brain is electric

But I dig ditches like the best of 'em
Yo trabajo duro
Como en madera y yeso 
Como en madera y yeso 

And even God herself
Has fewer plans than me
But she never helps me out with my scams for free, though
She grabs a stick and then she pokes it at me
When I say nothing, I say everything
Yeah when I say nothing, I say everything

They threw me down in a lazaretto
Born rotten, bored rotten
Makin' models of people I used to know
Out of coffee and cotton

And all of my illegitimate kids have begotten
Thrown down to the wolves, made feral for nothin'
Quarantined on the Isle of Man 
And I'm trying to escape any way that I can, oh
Any way that I can, oh

I have no time left
Time is lost, no time at all, throw it in a garbage can
And I shake God's hand
I jump up and let her know when I can
This is how I'm gonna do it 

They wanna blow down the prison
They're lighting fires with the cash of the masses

And like the dough I don't fall down
I'm so Detroit, I make it rise from the ashes