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!)