The Hardest Button to Button
The White Stripes * Track #9 On Elephant
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- #6I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart
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- #7You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
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- #8Ball and Biscuit
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- #9The Hardest Button to Button
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- #11Hypnotize
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- #12The Air Near My Fingers
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- #13Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
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- #14Well It’s True That We Love One Another
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- #15Who’s to Say
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- #16Good to Me
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The Hardest Button to Button by The White Stripes
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“The Hardest Button to Button” is the third single taken off The White Stripes' 2003 album Elephant. The song is about a kid growing up in a broken home.
It was a quick song to write, one of the few that actually began with White sitting at the piano and genuinely being struck by an almost complete...
The Hardest Button to Button Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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]
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Chorus]
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button, oh-oh
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button, oh-oh
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button
The hardest button to button, oh-oh
The Hardest Button to Button Q&A
Who wrote The Hardest Button to Button's ?
The Hardest Button to Button was written by Jack White.
Who produced The Hardest Button to Button's ?
The Hardest Button to Button was produced by Jack White.
When did The White Stripes release The Hardest Button to Button?
The White Stripes released The Hardest Button to Button on Wed Dec 03 2003.
What did The White Stripes say about "The Hardest Button to Button"?
Jack White wrote the song about a kid growing up in a broken home, stating:
This is about a child trying to figure out where his place is in a dysfunctional family. He’s losing attention because there’s a new baby.
On the song’s title, White explained:
There’s a button at the top of my navy pea-c...