Broken Bricks (Live at the Gold Dollar, February 6, 1999)

[Verse 1] Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl? Snack down through the cyclone fence Past the caution tape and the security gate Backwards to the breakroom bench Well, there's a little corner where you first got kissed And felt your boyfriend's fist and made the company list And there's a little spot where your dad ate lunch And your brother landed his first punch, yeah [Verse 2] Well, have you been to the broken bricks, girl? Seen the barrеls that they left behind? Seen thе machine that cut aluminum clean And got tape from the caution sign? A broken-tooth window pane Just a rusty-colored rain that drives a man insane You try to jump over water, but you land in oil Climb the ladder up a broken crane, yeah [Verse 3] Don't go to the broken bricks, girl It's not the place that you want to be Think about the spot your father spent his life Demolition calls it "Building C" Demolition calls it "Building C" now Demolition calls it "Building C" [Outro] Hey, we're the White Stripes from Southwest Detroit Happy to give you a half-hour of little white lies