The White Stripes - Hand springs

^FI took my girl to go bowling downtown at the Red Door ^FAfter an argument I started because I thought she didn't like me anymore ^FI can't help it, sometimes I feel pitiful ^FAnd of course, she's so young and beautiful ^C

^FF ^AbX2 ^{F C} [Verse 2] ^FI bought us two glasses of Coke ^FThat's her favorite, and I wanted to make up for earlier ^FBut I dropped her glass and it broke ^FSo I just gave my glass to her ^Bb

^FF ^AbX3 ^F [Verse 3] ^FShe laughed and so did I in our lane ^FThen she went to the vending machine to buy a candy cane ^FBut right next to that was a boy I knew with a ^Bspring in his ^Fhand ^FPlaying a country pinball machine called "Stand By Your Man" ^FI saw him talk to her, but I stayed in my lane and played my game steady ^FAnd was thinking of the day when i'd be too ^Fold to throw a ball this ^Bbheavy

^FBut I guess I'm young now, so it's easy to knock 'em all down ^FThen I looked and saw her say to him, "you're really hitting that ball around" ^FAnd he's looking at her the way I did when i first met her ^FI could see in his face white flowers and cups of coffee and love letters

^FI was sorry to interrupt that game ^FBut I went and did it anyway ^FI dropped my red bowling ball through the glass of the machine ^FAnd said, "Are you quick enough to hit this ball, Mr. Clean?" ^FI was scared to lose her, so I couldn't help being mean ^Ab

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^FAnd that ended both of our games ^FI said I was sorry, but my girl left with him just the same ^FI thought how much I h^F7ate when love makes me act this way ^FI was bent over a broken pinball machine in a bowling alley and I threw it all away

^FWell, isn't it all just a big game? ^FIsn't it all just a big game?