Aint No Rest For The Wicked - Cage the Elephant

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[Intro]
   
  | 
  Ooh, ooh, oo

   
h. Ooh, ooh, o

    
oh. Ooh, ooh, 

     
ooh. Ooh, ooh,

 ooh.

[Verse 1]
      
I was walking 

              
down the stree

              
t when out the

  
 corner of my 


eye
 
I saw a pretty

              
 little thing 

             
approaching me
              
She said "I've

 
 never seen a 

           
man who looks 

        
so all alone,
              
Oh you could u

              
se a little co

 
mpany
           
And if you pay

              
 the right pri

        
ce your evenin

          
g will be nice

,
            
And you can go

              
 and send me o

      
n my way"
              
You're such a 


sweet young th

              
ing, why did y

             
ou do this to 

    
yourself?
    
She looked at 

           
me and she sai

   
d,

[Chorus]
              
"No, no, there

 
 ain't no rest

         
 for the wicke

   
d

Money don't gr

        
ow on trees
      
I got bills to

              
 pay, I got mo

         
uths to feed
            
There ain't no

              
thing in this 

             
world for free
         
I know I can't

              
 slow down, I 

       
can't hold bac

k
           
Though you kno

            
w, I wish I co

      
uld
          
No, there ain'

              
t no rest for 

     
the wicked
         Am (Hold)
Until we close our eyes for good"

[Verse 2]
         
Not even fifte

              
en minutes lat

             
er I'm still w

              
alking down th

  
e street
        
I saw a shadow

              
 of a man cree

          
p out of sight
            
And then he sw

              
ept up from be

            
hind, put a gu

           
n up to my hea

d
           
He made it cle

              
ar he wasn't l

             
ooking for a f


ight
          
He said,"Give 

              
me all you've 

              
got. I want yo

             
ur money not y

    
our life
           
But if you try

              
 to make a mov

              
e I won't thin

   
k twice"
         
I said, "Take 

             
my cash, but f

             
irst I gotta a


sk
              
What made you 


live this kind

    
 of life?" And

 he said,

[Chorus]
              
"No, no, there

 
 ain't no rest

         
 for the wicke

   
d

Money don't gr

        
ow on trees
      
I got bills to

              
 pay, I got mo

         
uths to feed
            
There ain't no

              
thing in this 

             
world for free
         
I know I can't

              
 slow down, I 

       
can't hold bac

k
           
Though you kno

            
w, I wish I co

      
uld
          
No, there ain'

              
t no rest for 

     
the wicked
         Am (Hold)
Until we close our eyes for good"

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[Verse 3]
            
Well, now a co

              
uple hours pas

           
sed, I was sit

           
ting in my hou

se
            
The day was wi

              
nding down and

              
 coming to an 

 
end
     
So I turned on

              
 the TV and fl

         
ipped it over 

       
to the news
           
And what I saw

              
 I almost coul

           
dn't comprehen
        
I saw a preach

              
er man in cuff

         
s taking money

          
 from the chur

ch
            
Stuffed his ba

              
nk account wit

              
h righteous do

      
llar bills
      
But I can't sa

              
y much 'cause 

  
I know we're a

       
ll the same
       
We all need to

              
 satisfy those

 
 thrills.

[Chorus]
              
"No, no, there

 
 ain't no rest

         
 for the wicke

   
d

Money don't gr

        
ow on trees
      
I got bills to

              
 pay, I got mo

         
uths to feed
            
There ain't no

              
thing in this 

             
world for free
         
I know I can't

              
 slow down, I 

       
can't hold bac

k
           
Though you kno

            
w, I wish I co

      
uld
          
No, there ain'

              
t no rest for 

     
the wicked
         Am (Hold)
Until we close our eyes for good"

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