Rock Star Skinny

Let me preface this by saying That I don't know what I'm saying It's not like I'm close to breaking Down the cages and the chains And all the limits put on music But the least that I can do Is shut my mouth and be the dude That can pretend like he's been through it I ain't even s'posed to tell 'em Life can be so overwhelmin' And you might be close to hell If you ain't nice to most the fellas And the people in your life That you forget to thank and praise Never been the best about it But I'm tryna find my ways Now I'm spendin' most my days Wonderin' who all knows my name Do you know it? Do you know it? Do you know it? It's Brandt, not Oberst Better write that down Better like that sound Are we part of that scene? East coast, West coast Somewhere in between Middle America I won't be compared to ya I won't be roped in With the "How do you do?" Flickin' up the fingers Every two or three minutes on the highway I went my way I pulled right up to the stoplight And I'm singing out my lungs I don't know no one, not left, not right Go straight down, dodge Don't wait, don't pause Don't fake applause I don't even want it if you're not in awe! I don't want it if you're not in awe C'est la vie, bon voyage La dee da dee da da dum Payin' up at any cost Drivin' till I find myself lost Maybe I'll get rock star skinny Play pretend in all my videos Half the skill but twice as witty I know something you don't know 'Cause they're waitin' on the pavement And they're prayin' just to make it In a place where they can say it out loud It goes, "C'est la vie, bon voyage" La dee da da dum Yo (What's up?) Can I say something that's been on my mind? Yo (Dude, what?) If I'm losing sleep, I'm losing daylight No one cared what I had to say, but now There's a mic in front of my face, and now Everybody just wants a glimpse, and now Everybody just wants to know how Someone like me So stuck in his ways in the game Could break free Someone like me Could slither from the litter C'est la vie, bon voyage La dee da dee da da dum Payin' up at any cost Drivin' till I find myself lost Maybe I'll get rock star skinny Play pretend in all my videos Half the skill but twice as witty I know something you don't know 'Cause they're waitin' on the pavement And they're prayin' just to make it In a place where they can say it out loud It goes, "C'est la vie, bon voyage" La dee da da dum Heart is beatin' like a tired bass drum The crowd's all leavin' but the band plays on We're just gettin' started This is phase one I don't know, I don't know C'est la vie, bon voyage La dee da dee da da dum Payin' up at any cost Drivin' till I find myself lost Maybe I'll get rock star skinny Play pretend in all my videos Half the skill but twice as witty I know something you don't know 'Cause they're waitin' on the pavement And they're prayin' just to make it In a place where they can say it out loud It goes, "C'est la vie, bon voyage" La dee da da dum (Woo!)