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Cage The Elephant
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked lyrics

Songwriters: Champion, Jared; Parish, Lincoln; Shultz, David; Shultz, Matthew; Tichenor, Daniel

I was walking down the street
When out the corner of my eye,
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me.
She said I never seen a man,
Who looks so all alone,
Could you use a little company?
If you could pay the right price,
Your evening will be nice,
Or you can go and send me on my way,
I said you're such a sweet young thing,
Why'd you do this to yourself?
She looked at me and this is what she said.

Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could,
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.

Not even 15 minutes later,
I'm still walking down the street,
When I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight,
And then he swept up from behind,
Put a gun up to my head,
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight,
He said give me all you've got,
I want your money not your life,
If you try to make a move I won't think twice,
I told him you can have my cash,
But first you know I've got to ask,
What made you want to live this kind of life?

He said there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free.
I know I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.

Now a couple hours past,
And I was sitting in my house,
The day was winding down and coming to an end,
So I turned on the TV,
And flipped it over to the news,
And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend,
I saw a preacher man in cuffs
Taking money from the church,
He stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills
But even still I can't say much
Because I know we're all the same,
Oh yes we all seek out to satisfy those thrills.

You know there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
We got bills to pay
We got mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free.
Oh no
We can't slow down,
We can't hold back
Though you know we wish we could.
You know there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.


Ain't No Rest For The Wicked lyrics © R And R Nomad Publishing Co; Sony/atv Songs Llc

Corrected by: blommenadot, Midnighter13, Xenocryst, h0spid
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by krazycait3895 on Nov 10, 2009 at 05:05 PM
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This song (which talks about his life experiances, btw) speaks about how everyone has their demons and their flaws. We're basically all the same, we all have our flaws and we do whatever we can to make things easier.
by JoeLies on Nov 10, 2009 at 06:06 AM
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You know the age old saying, everyone has gotta pay the mortgage
by pirate on Nov 09, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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shit happens, life dosn't go how we plan it, its all about how far your willing to go and what your willing to do to servive and to provide for your family and yourself.
by Dooder1234 on Oct 31, 2009 at 01:48 PM
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The people in this song were children once... They had a choice. It outlines how our society revolves around material flow... The people in this song have stamped themselves as 'wicked'. When you think about it though, none of these people dreamed about being crooks. In a society that revolves around money, and where avarice and greed are prevailent almost everywhere, desparation can even turn the righteous to thievery and hustling. Something tells me that Anonymous69 has never had to spend a year living on the streets. You do not have to be 'wicked' to be driven to commit wicked acts. Humans are the most adaptive of all creatures in the animal kingdom. This song simply outlines that our own society has necessitated this type of adaptation, because we live in a world where the rich and powerful are pushing more and more to poverty and destitution. I know that might sound a little communist, but so be it. Capitalism is evil, get over it.
by Xxlizzyebarxx15 on Oct 05, 2009 at 02:06 PM
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i really love this song and it's one of my favorites
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