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Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution) Lyrics
Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears?
Who know or cares what imitation is?
Only you do
You can paint his nails
Make him wear high heels
Why waste time altering the hemline?
Or do you?
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
You can bat your lashes
You can cut your strings
Pull his hair with your moveable fingers
It looks so real
If one won't do it, so collect the set
Dress him in pink ribbons
Put him in a kitchenette
How does this feel?
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
What's that sound?
It will turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They're taking over
And they're tearing it down
It's a doll revolution
You can pull and pinch him
'Till he cries and squeals
You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards
Plastic features
You could make somebody a pretty little wife
But don't let anybody tell you how to live you life
Broken pieces
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
What's that sound?
It will turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They're taking over
And they're tearing it down
It's a doll revolution
It's a doll revolution
Revolution
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
Revolution
Who know or cares what imitation is?
Only you do
You can paint his nails
Make him wear high heels
Why waste time altering the hemline?
Or do you?
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
You can cut your strings
Pull his hair with your moveable fingers
It looks so real
If one won't do it, so collect the set
Dress him in pink ribbons
Put him in a kitchenette
How does this feel?
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
What's that sound?
It will turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They're taking over
And they're tearing it down
It's a doll revolution
'Till he cries and squeals
You can twist his body 'til it faces backwards
Plastic features
You could make somebody a pretty little wife
But don't let anybody tell you how to live you life
Broken pieces
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
It's a doll revolution
It will turn you around
It's a doll revolution
They're taking over
And they're tearing it down
It's a doll revolution
It's a doll revolution
Revolution
Tear off your own head
Tear off your own head
Revolution
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Bmg Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer
Elvis Costello
Duration
4:01
Producer
Davitt Sigerson, Matthew Sweet
Release date
2003-06-30t00:00:00
Sentiment
Positive
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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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I'm guessing the lyrics were removed for copyright reasons? Well, the song was written by Elvis Costello who planned to have a TV show with an all-female band, and this would be the theme song. That project fell through, but the Bangles agreed to do the song for him, and when it fell through, he allowed them to put the song as the title track on that album.
@quamp thanks for bringing this up, I was able to restore the lyrics
@quamp thanks for bringing this up, I was able to restore the lyrics