THEY PUT HITLER IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND LOOKED THE OTHER WAY
NOW THEY'VE GOT POISON IN THE WATER AND THE WHOLE WORLD IN A TRANCE
BUT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HYPNOTIZED / THAT DON'T MEAN WE CAN'T DANCE
WE'VE GOT "THE FUNKY WESTERN CIVILIZATION"
Lyrics
I'm Not Listening
I'm Not Listening
(Robert Randolph/Tonio K./Peter Case/T Bone Burnett)
KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
(YOU CAN) KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
I DON’T HAVE THE MONEY AND I DON’T HAVE THE TIME
I DON’T HAVE THE PATIENCE OR THE PRESENCE OF MIND
TO ENDURE ANOTHER CENTURY OF LIES
BUT KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
KEEP ON TALKING / I’LL KEEP WHISTLING
WHISTLING PAST THE KILLING FIELDS OF HAPPINESS AND HOPE
LEFT FOR DEAD BY YOU UPON THIS DRY AND DUSTY SLOPE
SEEMS EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH EVENTUALLY DIES
SO KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
KEEP ON WALKING / I’M NOT FOLLOWING
KEEP ON WALKING / I’M NOT FOLLOWING
I DON’T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE / I’M TRAVELING BLIND
I DON’T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LIVE A LIFE OF CRIME
AND YOU’RE GONNA NEED ANOTHER ALIBI
JUST KEEP ON WALKING / I’M NOT FOLLOWING
KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
GONNA COVER UP MY EARS AND KEEP ON WHISTLING
MY MONEY’S ON THE DAPPLE GREY / THEY SAY SHE KNOWS THE TRACK
SHE’LL KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO
WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS OUT THE ATTACK
THAT HORSE, SHE DON’T JUST RUN / THEY SAY SHE FLYS …
KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING
KEEP ON TALKING / I’LL KEEP NOT LISTENING
YES, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR / YOUR POINT IS NOT IN DOUBT
BUT SOMEONE’S BOUND TO RISE UP SOON/AND CAST THE DEMONS OUT
THE WILLOWS WEEP / THE UNIVERSE JUST SIGHS
(SO GO AHEAD) KEEP ON TALKING / I’M NOT LISTENING