Cage The Elephant - In One Ear lyrics

They say that we ain't got the style
We ain't got the class
We ain't got the tunes that's gonna
Put us on the map
And I'm a phony in disguise
Tryna make the radio
I'm an antisocial anarchist who
Sound like so-and-so
They say I'm just a stupid kid
Another crazy radical rock 'n' roll is dead
I probably should have stayed at school
Another Generation X who somehow slipped
Up through the cracks
Oh, they'd love to see me fall
But I'm already on my back

So it goes in one ear and right out the other
People talking shit
But you know I never bother
It goes in one ear and right out the other
People talking shit
They can kiss the back of my hand

Now I know I'm not a saint
I've been a sinner all my life
I ain't tryin' to hide my flaws
I'd rather keep them in the light
They want to criticize, scrutinize
Cast another stone
Burn me at the stake and sit
And watch it from their throne
They say the devil is my pal
I do a lot of drugs
The crowd will only like me
If they're really fucking drunk
They think they know my thoughts
But they don't know the least
If they'd listen to the words they'd
Find a message tucked beneath

But it goes in one ear
And right out the other
People talking shit even though
They never bother
It goes in one ear and right out the other
People talking shit
They can kiss the back of my hand

You hear that? You hear what's coming?
Oh, you better run for the hills
'Cause we're coming to your town
And we're gonna burn that motherfucker down
Aaaaaaoooh!

Here's the moral to the story: we
Don't do it for the glory
We don't do it for the money
We don't do it for the fame
So all the critics who despise us
Go ahead and criticize us
It's your tyranny that drives us
Adds the fire to our flames

And it goes in one ear
And right out the other
People talking shit but you
Know we never bother
It goes in one ear and right out the other
I'm only playing music cause you
Know I fucking love it
It goes in one ear and right out the other
People talking shit but you
Know I never bother
It goes in one ear and right out the other
People talking shit
They can kiss the back of my hand