Cage the Elephant - Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked

Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked by Cage the Elephant, Music Video and Lyrics

“Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” is the third single by the United States rock band Cage the Elephant.
It was released as a CD single on 16 June 2008 by Relentless Records.
The song is also included on ‘Cage the Elephant’, the debut album, which was produced by Jay Joyce and released on 23 June 2008.

The song peaked at #32 on UK Singles Chart.
Listen the song here, this is the official video.

Cage the Elephant - Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked Lyrics

I was walking down the street,
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,
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.
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 fifteen 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
he put a gun up to my head,
He made it clear he wasn’t looking for a fright.
He said “Give me all you’ve got
I want your money not your life,
But you try to make a move I won’t think twice.”
I told him “You can have my cash
But first you know I 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,
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”.

Well now a couple hours passed
And I was sitting at 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 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.
I know 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”

Song Information

Released 16 June 2008
Genre Rock
Length 2:52
Label Relentless
Writers Cage the Elephant
Producer Jay Joyce

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