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Treat Me Like Your Mother Lyrics by The Dead Weather

Horehound

2009

[Verse 1: Alison Mosshart]
Don't act like you can't act
I know I seen you do it
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother
Don't act like you can't act
Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother
[Pre-Chorus 1: Alison Mosshart]
You came on too late
You came on too late now
You came on too late
To do a thing
[Verse 2: Alison Mosshart]
Come on, look me in the eye
You want to try to tell a lie?
I bet you can't and you know why?
I'm just like your mother
Look me in the eye now
You want to try to tell a lie?
You can't, you know why?
I'm just like your mother
[Pre-Chorus 2: Alison Mosshart]
You came on too late
You came on too late now
You came on too late
Play dumb, play dead, play straight
[Chorus 1: Alison Mosshart, Jack White]
Who's got it figured out?
Play dumb, play dead, play straight
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight, trying to manipulate
[Bridge: Alison Mosshart and Jack White]
M-a-n-i-p-u-late
M-a-n-i-p-u-late
M-a-n-i-p-u-late
M-a-n-i-p-u-late
Am I too? Am I late?
Am I too? Am I late?
Am I, am I, am I, am I
Am I too late
[Chorus 2: Jack White]
Who's got it figured out?
Left, right, left, right
Got it figured out?
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
[Verse 3: Alison Mosshart]
Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
And look me in the eye now
Treat me like your mother
Come on, look me in the eye
You want to try to tell a lie?
You can't and you know why?
I'm just like your mother
[Chorus 1 - excerpt: Jack White]
Play dumb, play dead
Trying to manipulate
[Outro: Jack White, Alison Mosshart and Jack White]
You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
Who's got it figured out?
Left right left right
Got it figured out?
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
Trying to manipulate
Who's got it figured out?
Left, left right, left right, left right
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
Trying to manipulate
You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
Credits
The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather

About “Treat Me Like Your Mother” by The Dead Weather

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"Treat Me Like Your Mother" appears on "Horehound" in 2009.

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