Lazaretto

"Lazaretto" is the first single from Jack White's second solo album of the same name. The live version of the song was recorded, pressed and released on the same day (19 April 2014). On the B-side was a cover of Elvis Presley's song "Power of My Love". By recording, pressing and releasing the live version of "Lazaretto" in less than four hours, Jack White broke the previous Guinness World Record set by Swiss polka trio Vollgas Kompanie, who issued their album Live on August 16, 2008, a day after they recorded it. There is a hidden message alongside matrix numbers in the runout areas on both sides of the "Lazaretto" "world's fastest record" vinyl: side A "Guinness", side B "Can Kiss My..." The studio version of the song was released on April 21 on YouTube, and on April 22 the single was available for purchase digitally and as an instant download with all iTunes Lazaretto album pre-orders.

Oh, my veins are blue and connected And every single bone in my brain is electric But I dig ditches like the best of 'em Yo trabajo duro Como en madera y yeso Como en madera y yeso And even God Herself has fewer plans than me But she never helps me out with my scams for free, though She grabs a stick and then she points it at me When I say nothing, I say everything Yeah, when I say nothing, I say everything They threw me down in a lazaretto Born rottin', bored rotten Makin' models of people I used to know Out of coffee and cotton And all my illegitimate kids have begotten Thrown down to the wolves, made feral for nothin' Quarantined on the Isle of Man And I'm trying to escape any way that I can, oh Any way that I can, oh Damn, I have no time left, time is lost No time at all, throw it in a garbage can And I shake God's hand I jump up and let Her know when I can This is how I'm gonna do it They wanna burn down the prison They're lighting fires with the cash of the masses And like the dough, I don't fall down I'm so Detroit, I make it rise from the ashes Yeah, that's it