Songtext Colleen Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Colleen

Colleen - never to be crowned queen, never an evergreen

Floating above the scene as still as a figurine

Expressionless, so serene, but I know what makes you scream

So don't you run out of steam - I know you, Colleen

It's been all messed up since the very beginning

But you act so tough, people think that you're winning

And everyone wants something from Colleen

Colleen - perpetually between what is and what could have been

Floating through your routine every day since you were fifteen

And as rosy as you make it seem, I know life for you ain't been a dream

To have to deal with the things you've seen while they work you like you're a machine

Machines break down, but you can't break with them
It's too late now, so don't break the rhythm

And everyone wants something form Colleen

Colleen, if ever you walk into a dead-end street, come clean -

Don't say that it's all in your mind because I know what you mean - Colleen

It's been all messed up since the very beginning

It's too late now, 'cause we're already in it

And everyone wants something from Colleen

(and no one gets 'cause she's no one's Colleen)