The Nine Year Anniversary of the White Stripes breakup is a palindrome

 

Nine years later, it's 02/02/2020 and the day is a palindrome.  

The White Stripes were a bit of a paradox, so it's fitting that this would happen on one of their anniversaries.  Here's one of the best songs that Jack White will ever write, recorded by the Stripes back in 2000.  Listen carefully to catch the cleverly off-beat rhyme scheme in this tale of young love, bowling, and jealousy. I'd credit one of Jack's favorite songwriters, Bob Dylan, for the story song influence, but my pal Peromyscus once said this song was like "Chuck Berry for the current generation", which is probably more accurate.

I took my girl to go bowling 

Downtown at the Red Door 

After an argument I started 

'Cause I thought she didn't like me anymore 

I can't help it sometimes I feel pitiful 

And of course she's so young and beautiful 

I bought us two glasses of Coke 

That's her favorite 

And I wanted to make up for earlier 

But I dropped her glass and it broke 

So I just gave my glass to her 

She laughed and so did I in our lane 

And then she went to the vending machine 

To buy a candy cane 

But right next to that was a boy I knew 

With a spring in his hand 

Playing a country pinball machine 

Called "Stand By Your Man" 

I saw him talk to her 

But I stayed in my lane 

And played my game steady 

And was thinking of a day 

When I'd be too old to throw a ball this heavy 

But I guess I'm young now 

So it's easier to knock 'em all down 

Then I looked and saw her say to him 

"You're really hittin' that ball around" 

And so he's lookin' at her the way I did 

When I first met her 

I could see in his face 

White flowers 

And cups of coffee 

And love letters 

I was sorry to interrupt their game 

But I went and did it anyway 

I dropped my red bowling ball 

Through the glass of his machine 

And said "Are you quick enough to hit 

This ball, Mr. Clean?" 

I was scared to lose her 

So I couldn't help bein' mean 

And that ended both of our games 

I said I was sorry 

But my girl left with him just the same 

I thought how much I hate 

When love makes me act this way 

I was bent over a broken pinball machine 

In a bowling alley and I threw it all away 

Well isn’t it all just a big game?