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

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I was walkin' 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 looked so all alone,

Oh could you use a little company?

If you pay the right price

Your evening will be nice,

And you can go and send me on my way."

I said "You're such a sweet young thing

Why 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.

No 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 fifteen minutes later

I'm still walkin' down the street,

When I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight.

And then he *swept* up from behind

He put a gun up to my head,

He made it clear he wasn't lookin' for a fight.

He said "Give me all you got

I want your money not your life,

But 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 gotta 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,

There ain't nothing in this world for free.

No 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".

Well now a couple hours passed

And I was sitting in my house,

The day was winding down and coming to an end.

And 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, he'd taken 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,

There ain't nothing in this world for free.

No we can't slow down,

We can't hold back,

Though you know, we wish we could.

Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,

Until we close our eyes for good.

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Thanks to Jesterfield for correcting these lyrics

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