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!)