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Little Acorns Lyrics

Artist: The White Stripes
Album: Elephant

When problems overwhelm us and sadness smothers us where do we find the will and the courage to continue? Well the answer may come in the caring voice of a friend,a chance encounter with a book, or from a personal faith.
For Janet help came from her faith, but it also from a squirrel. Shortly after her divorce, Janet lost her father, then she lost her job.
She had mounting money problems. But Janet not only survived she worked her way out of despondency and now she says, life is good again. How could this happen? She told me that late one ??? day when she was at her lowest she watched a squirrel storing up nuts for the winter, one at a time he would take them to the nest. And she thought, if that squirrel
can take care of himself with the harsh winter coming along, then so can I. Once I ripped my problems into small pieces I was able to carry them,just like those acorns, one at a time.

Take all your problems
And rip 'em apart
Oh Oh Oh
Carry them off
In a shopping cart
Oh Oh Oh

And another thing you
Should've known from the start
The problems in hand
Are lighter than at heart

Be like the squirrel, girl
Be like the squirrel
Give it a whirl, girl
Be like the squirrel

And another thing
You have to know in this world
Cut up your hair
Straighten your curls
Well you problems
Hide in your curls

Comments/Interpretations

by Val. on 7/8/2008 1:37pm
The missing word is autumn.

by james on 9/8/2008 3:57pm
awesome

by Hazel on 11/15/2008 7:35pm
Yep. Autumn. Why is that so hard to hear?

by Vin on 8/14/2010 6:26pm
Oddly, this song kinda changed my life. I used to get wicked stressed, but now I just remember be like the squirrel and i can deal with things one at a time.

by vas on 10/9/2010 4:52pm
fucking great

by Gaurav M on 10/14/2010 2:30am
Fuck you
You are Awesome

by eiregraph on 1/26/2011 8:25am
always great with them !! love ya

by Troy Worx on 3/29/2011 12:21pm
I'm the kind of guy that comments on lyric pages.

by Jimbo Jhones on 3/31/2011 11:48am
me too

by o foda on 4/10/2011 10:21am
fodona a letra

by michaelaaaaa on 12/26/2011 3:37am
carry them oooff in a shopping caaart! oh, oh, ohoh ooh!

by anon on 6/4/2012 8:12pm
lol, it's extremely funny to see that nearly nobody understands the sarcastic meaning of the song. It hasn't the intention to give any advices for your life but to criticize modern materialism ...