I Don't Care Anymore

Album: Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
Charted: 39
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  • Well you can tell everyone I'm a down disgrace
    Drag my name all over the place
    I don't care anymore
    You can tell everybody 'bout the state I'm in
    You won't catch me crying 'cause I just can't win
    I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore

    I don't care what you say
    I don't play the same games you play

    'Cause I've been talking to the people that you call your friends
    And it seems to me there's a means to and end
    They don't care anymore
    And as for me I can sit here and bide my time
    I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind
    I don't care anymore, I don't care no more

    I don't care what you say
    We never played by the same rules anyway

    I won't be there anymore
    Get out of my way
    Let me by
    I got better things to do with my time
    I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore
    I don't care anymore, I don't care anymore

    Well, I don't care now what you say
    'Cause every day I'm feeling fine with myself
    And I don't care now what you say
    Hey, I'll do alright by myself
    'Cause I know

    'Cause I remember all the times I tried so hard
    And you laughed in my face 'cause you held all the cards
    I don't care anymore

    And I really ain't bothered what you think of me
    'Cause all I want of you is just a let me be
    I don't care anymore, d'you hear? I don't care no more

    I don't care what you say
    I never did believe you much anyway

    I won't be there no more
    So get out of my way
    Let me by
    I got better things to do with my time
    I don't care anymore
    D'you hear? I don't care anymore
    I don't care no more
    You listening? I don't care no more
    No more!

    You know I don't care anymore!
    Don't care no more! No more, no more, no more
    Don't care, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more
    No more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more Writer/s: Phil Collins
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Comments: 8

  • The Ex from New MexicoI hear people calling their exes narcissists. I wonder who the narcissists really is. Why was your wife nagging? I nagged because my husband put everyone and everything he wanted to do before his family and then blamed my nagging for those choices. If that's narcissism so be it. There's the door buddy. Keep walking. God it feels freeing to say, I really dont care anymore what he does, me and the kids come first with or without him and this song helped me finally see how selfish he really was and gave me the strength to walk away from him as he divorced me so he could do what he wanted without me "nagging" him. I really dont care anymore. Me and the kids deserve better.
  • Bodie from 35178Bamhgms hit the nail right on the head! "I thought I knew what a narcissist was and didn't realize for many, many years that I was married to one." 23 years and 5 kids passed after the day I sat in my car at the church with the Holy Spirit telling me to just drive away...but I was too weak or stupid or both, thinking that marriage would make things all better. This song score a direct hit on the release I felt when I finally walked away for good...with the understanding and encouragement of our children. "Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife."
    Proverbs 21:19 NIV
  • Sean from Atlanta, GaThis is a song that'll make a guy like myself realize that he's better off single. I love Hellyeah's version, it's just as good.
  • Fed Up With Back Stabbing, Lying, Rotten, Evil Familymembers from Laporte In 46350I totally agree with Groovus Maximus! When I see & hear Phil belting out those words with the absolute sincerity of how he truly feels, that he is beyond "Fed Up!", it empowers me to move forward. This song can pertain to anyone in your life who you just cannot take any more crap from, even sadly, a family member. It has become my daily listen to song and theme song. It unloads all the negativity out of me as I'm singing right along with him!
  • BamhgmsI am married to a full blown narcissist and recently with help I realized what it really meant and the true abuse I was going through.... this song lays it out perfectly when you come to that realization. I thought I knew what a narcissist was and didn't realize for many, many years that I was married to one. Do the research and it will all make sense. Good luck.
  • Curious Crab from Toronto this song is very close to my heart 4 Many reasons. I had told someone that I was dating That I Only played this song When I was breaking up with someone, When I knew it was Truly Over! Well he came home unexpectedly AND Guess What Was playing ON the turntable?-Chuckling-
  • Jon from Usa Truely resonated with me ,having just going through divorce,she left me.i was forced out of my.house 3x,that house was built by my favorite song of all time, follow you follow me,over a 31yr marriage,and a serious relationship beginning at age 16,this is my and was her favorite song of all time,I still listen to very often,and yes I've been to lots of therapy
  • Groovus Maximus from Boston, MaTragically underrated song, truly one of Phil's absolute best... The tune couldn't end any other way, btw, and it's not so much the lyric, but the timing and the tension & release of this work of genius -- he's not "trying too hard to convince us," it's just the feel of the song and, really, the only way it could have resolved -- PERFECT! Everything from the killer tribal beat to Phil's impassioned howls of anguish and the slinky, sinewy guitar working its way around the bed of keys just makes this an instant classic as it builds to a raging climax. Thanks, Phil and God bless you for all you've given us!
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