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Sister

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Sister Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Wake up
You're gonna wake up to nothin'
Break up
The break up is comin'
And when your heart is hollow
Another pill to swallow

[Verse 2]
Shake up
Gotta shake up, you’re freezing
Make up
I'm going to make up my reasons
I used to say I need you
But now I gotta leave you

[Chorus]
Sister, sister
What did they do to you
Sister, sister
What did they do to you

Did they take and try to break
A heart that long
It’s so wrong

[Verse 3]
Hung up
Got me hung up in draft
Rung up
Got me rung up in bed

You took advantage of
The one who showed you love

[Chorus]
Sister, sister
What did they do to you
Sister, sister
What did they do to you

Did they take and try to break
A heart that long
It’s so wrong

[Outro]
It's so long
So long

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Genius Annotation

The seventh track on El Camino, detailing the attachment Dan feels for a girl whose gotten her heart broken and her mind scattered.

A common theme in most of Dan’s lyrics, relationships have been an integral part of defining the members of the band as individuals, with both Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney going through divorces & breakups.

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Credits
Drums, Percussion
Keyboards
Assistant Engineer
Mastering Location
Mastering Engineer
Recorded At
Easy Eye Sound, Nashville, TN
Release Date
December 6, 2011
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