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 19 year old poet with tits
  well Mister let me tell you I have no illusions about the music business
  and ya know if I didn't like, I'd just quit
  
  But don't tell me that no one's listening
  don't tell me fans don't care
  don't you assume they are gonna buy just anything
  cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
  you're in a box answering Emails
  
  5 million dollars yeah throw it against the wall
  and if it doesn't stick watch everybody point their fingers at the artist
  10 million copies sold, hey kid, you're a hit!
  but at 10% ya 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 tell me fans don't care
  don't you assume they are gonna buy just anything
  cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
  you're in a box answering Emails
  they're in the clubs listening to music
  you're in a box pulling out your hair
  
  Yah, it's a little better, now that I'm on an independent,
  but you can still hear them saying; you know a radio hit
  would really validate this artist and
  do you ever think she's really gonna make it really really
  really really big?
  
  The live work, yeah it's great
  and smiles and crowds are forever
  so I kinda just keep saying to myself, ya know
  the journey is the destination
  the journey is the destination
  i said the journey is the destination
  the journey is the destination
  
  don't tell me no one's listening
  don't tell me fans don't care
  don't you assume they are gonna buy just anything
  cause when we're out in the clubs listening to music
  you're in a box answering Emails
  they're in the clubs listening to music
  you're in a box pulling out your hair
  we are in the clubs listening to music
  and we all know you wish you could be there
  I got your telegram