Broken Bricks
The White Stripes Lyrics

Have you been to the broken bricks girl
Have you ever been to the abandoned brick factory, lady?

Snuck down through the cyclone fence
Did you find a way to slip through the barricades around the place?

Past the caution tape
Did you go past the tape that warned you not to enter?

And the security gate
Did you manage to bypass the gate where guards patrolled?

Back way to the break room bench
Did you take the path to the place where workers rested?

Well there's a little corner
There is a small portion of the place

Where you first got kissed
Where you shared your first kiss with your lover

And felt your boyfriends fist
But also where you were punched by your abusive partner

And made the company list
And also where you became a part of the factory's workforce

And there's a little spot
There is a small place

Where your dad ate lunch
Where your father used to rest and have his meal break

And your brother landed his first punch Yeah, yeah, yeah
But also where your sibling first threw a blow in a fight with others

Well have you been to the broken bricks girl
Have you ever been to the abandoned brick factory, lady?

Seen the barrels that they left behind
Have you seen the empty drums that were forgotten there?

Seen the machine
Have you laid your eyes on the device that

That cut aluminum clean
could cut through metal like butter?

And got tape from the caution sign
Did you steal warning tape as a souvenir?

And broke into the window panes
Have you shattered any glass window there during your visit?

Just a rusty colored rain
It's just a dirty and rust-colored dilapidated site

That drives a man insane
A place that could lead anyone to madness

You try to jump over water
You could try to avoid harm's way.

But you land in oil
Unfortunately, you'll end up in a perilous predicament.

Climb the ladder up a broken crane
Scale a ladder to get up to a damaged crane.

Don't go to the broken bricks girl
I advise you to not visit the abandoned brick factory, lady.

It's not a place that you want to be
It's not a desirable location to visit.

Think of the spot your father spent his life
Reflect on the place where your dad worked endlessly.

Demolition calls it
The company in charge refers to it as

Building see
a site currently in the process of being destroyed in order to put up another building.

Demolition calls it
The company in charge refers to it as

Building see now
a construction site that is undergoing demolition, you understand?

Demolition calls it
The company in charge refers to it as

Building see now
a construction site that's gradually turning into scraps and rubble.