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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