Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (Drums Only)
by Wild Pack Band
Key of G at 154 bpm.
"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" is the third single by the American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as a CD single on June 16, 2008 by Relentless Records and became the first Top 40 hit for the band in the UK. A music video was filmed for this song which was directed by D.A.R.Y.L of Pulse Films. A later re-release in North America the following year barely dented the Billboard Hot 100 at number 92, but reached number 3 on the Alternative Songs chart and number 8 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also appeared in a commercial for the TNT series Leverage; in the 2010 film The Bounty Hunter; in an episode of The Vampire Diaries ("Isobel"); in a third season episode of Jersey Shore; as the opening song of Canadian reality television series Yukon Gold; and for the opening sequence of the 2009 video game Borderlands. It is also mentioned in Borderlands 2 and played in its end credits. Cage the Elephant performed the song on national television on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Lyrics
MEASURE 1: INTRO GUITAR SLIDE
MEASURE 2: VERSE 1
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,
MEASURE CHORUS
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.
No there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good".
VERSE 2
Not even fifteen minutes later
I'm still walking down the street,
When I saw a shadow of a man creep out of sight. Then he walks up from behind
And puts a gun up to my head, He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight.
He said "Give me all you've got
I want your money not your life,
But if you try to make a move I won't think twice."
I said "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...REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 3
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's got this 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've all got to satisfy those thrills.
REPEAT CHORUS