In One Ear

Album: Cage the Elephant (2008)
Charted: 51
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  • They say that we ain't got the style
    We ain't got the class
    We ain't got the tunes that's goin to put us on the map
    And I'm a phony in disguise
    Trying to make the radio
    I'm an anti-social anarchist, I sound like so and so
    They say I'm just a stupid kid
    Another crazy radical
    Rock and roll is dead I probably should've stayed in 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

    And it goes in one ear
    And right out the other
    People talkin' shit but you know I never bother
    I goes in one ear
    And right out the other
    People talkin' shit
    They can kiss the back of my hand

    Now I know I'm not a saint
    I been a sinner all my life
    I ain't tryin to hide me flaws
    I'd rather keep them in the light
    They wanna 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 lotta drugs
    The crowd will only like me if they're really fuckin' drunk
    They think they know my thoughts
    But they don't know the least
    If they listened to the words they'd find the message tucked beneath

    But it goes in one ear
    And right out the other
    People talkin shit even though they never bother
    It goes in one ear
    And right out the other
    People talkin' 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 mother fucker down)

    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 talkin' shit but you know we'll 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 talkin' shit but you know we'll never bother
    It goes in one ear, and right out the other
    People talkin' shit well you know they can kiss the back of my hand Writer/s: Daniel Andrew Tichenor, Donald Bradley Shultz, Jared Lloyd Champion, Joseph Allen Stratton, Lincoln Parish, Matthew Ray Shultz
    Publisher: 4U2ASKY ENTERTAINMENT INC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Moosehead from Schow will you find the back of my hand? very displeasing!!! i love this song
  • Elmer H from Westville, OkA few years ago I got their CD "Cage The Elephant" and love the whole album. This song has such an "in ya face" attitude about it that I love. And it sent a message to those in the music industry who had a fickle unsupportive air toward the band. We saw Cage The Elephant perform in Tulsa, OK. a few months ago. Top notch band! The rock stations in my area are playing more Elephant songs now. And I hear that their next album is to be released soon. Go Elephant Go.
  • Dusty from St. Louis, MoI love this song.
  • Kerri from Vineland, NjI totally agree with Caitlyn, my local radio station WMMR recently started playing Cage the Elephant and I love this band!!!.........Kerri Vineland NJ
  • Caitlyn from Royersford, PaI love how they call out the critics at the end. It's such a badass song! Cage the Elephant are totally underrated
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