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von Melissa Ferrick

You′ve got it all figured out, yeah, you've got a plan
To get us out of here and wash my hands clean of the tax man
You′ve got it all set up like you're in charge of fate
You're gonna make me famous like that′s what I wanted in the first place

Now you′re talking at me like I've never done this
Like I′m some kind of 20-year-old poet with tits
Well Mister, let me tell you, I have no illusions about the music business
And you know if I didn't like it, I′d quit

'Cause I don′t tell me that no one's listening
Don't you tell me fans don′t care
Don′t you assume they're gonna buy just anything
′Cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
You′re in a box answering emails


Five million dollars, yeah, throw it against the wall
And if it doesn't stick, watch everybody point their fingers at the artist
Ten million copies sold, hey kid, you′re a hit!
But at ten percent, you know that's 90 for them
Plus the hotel rooms they destroyed
When you were singing your heart out during south by southwest
South by southwest

Don't tell me that no one′s listening
Don′t you tell me that fans don't care
Don′t you assume they're gonna buy just anything
′Cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
You′re in a box pulling out your hair
We're in the clubs listening to music
You are answering your emails

The live work, yeah, it's great
And smiles and crowds are forever
So I gotta just keep on saying to myself
You know the journey is the destination
The journey is the destination
I said the journey is the destination
Said the journey is the destination


Don′t tell me no one′s listening
Don't you tell me that fans don′t care
You better not assume that they're gonna buy just anything
′Cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
You′re in a box pulling out your hair
We're in the clubs listening to music
And you're in a box answering email
We′re in the clubs listening to music
And we all know you wish you could be there
Yeah, I got your telegram