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Technicolor Girls Lyrics

Technicolor girls
Are always on the phone
Talking about their homes
And their conversations continue endlessly

Technicolor boys: transistor radios
Blasting their treble tones
And the arguments are disputed after school
In the parking lot as the teachers bend the rules

Patiently you waited for a courting boy's embrace
And then everyone would know
But the letter jacket wasn't yours to own
And it proves to be on the temporary loan

And as they all grow older, the truth will be understood
Because we never turn out the way we thought we would
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i really love this song. i live in a white suburban neighboorhood full of girls and guys like this - it's a 50's reject town. i hate it ... but this song sums it up perfectly. its almost a sonnet, but not quite, which is very cool. the last line is the best, because its so true - as you grow up and look back it is never what you thought it would be. i just really really like this song, musically and lyrically.

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

so true, so true.

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

i think there's girls are guys like this everywhere. it's called being a teenager. and then they grow up and realize how big of tards they were/are.

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

hi, does anyone where I can hear this song, as in where can I download it?

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

dcfc is just so great at writing the endings to their songs. like this song, the ending is very thought-provoking and its something everyone can relate to.

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

basically i think this song is about what teenagers do, and how they never turn out they way they thought they would as teenagers.

you can tell it's highschool kids because "but the letter jacket wasn't yours to own and it proves to be on the temporary loan."

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"and the arguments are disputed after school in the parking lot as the teachers bend the rules. "

what do those lines mean? i dont understand those at all, but the rest of the song is pretty obvious

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

The lines about the parking lot refer to fights, the teachers bend the rules by not breaking up fights after school in the parking lot. It was always the bikerack when I was younger.

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

this song is pretty much a graduation anthem

Cover art for Technicolor Girls lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

"because we never turn out the way we thought we would"

i love that line.