Pink Bedroom
Unraveling Teenage Dreams
Lyrics
She paints her fingernails forbidden tones
She applies nail polish in unconventional colors.
She wants nervous youth on the telephone
She desires anxious young men to call her.
He don't call
The person she's interested in doesn't make the expected phone call.
She sticks another pin
She metaphorically inserts another pin into her voodoo doll.
In her doll
Continuing the voodoo theme, she places the doll next to her stuffed animals.
And puts him next to her stuffed animals
Extended description of her actions with the voodoo doll.
She got the tube top
Listing items she possesses: tube top.
She got the french heels
Listing items she possesses: French heels.
She got the blow dry
Listing items she possesses: blow dryer.
She got her eyes peeled
Listing items she possesses: keen observation or vigilance.
She got the tight jeans
Listing items she possesses: tight jeans.
Seventeen magazine
Listing items she possesses: Seventeen magazine.
She got it all
Repetition emphasizing that she has everything.
She got it all
-She got it all
-In her pink bedroom
All her possessions are in her pink bedroom.
She thinks all her boyfriends are so dumb
She perceives her boyfriends as unintelligent.
She drinks coca-cola with her Valium
She consumes Coca-Cola along with Valium.
Mother calls
Her mother calls her.
She sticks another pin
She metaphorically uses another pin on her voodoo doll in response.
In her doll
Her fingers guide her into something.
And lets those fingers talk her into it
Describing her actions influenced by her fingers.
She got the lip gloss
Listing items she possesses: lip gloss.
She got the short-shorts
Listing items she possesses: short shorts.
She got her records and
Listing items she possesses: records, all of which are imports.
They're all imports
Further description of her possessions.
She got her good looks
Listing items she possesses: good looks.
She got her yearbook
Listing items she possesses: yearbook.
She got it all
Repetition emphasizing that she has everything.
She got it all
-She got it all
-In her pink bedroom
All her possessions are in her pink bedroom.
They say they got her future down at the desk
People claim to have her future figured out.
And now they're drawing blood for the grownup test
Medical imagery: drawing blood for an adult test.
Something crawls
Something unsettling is happening.
Beneath her lily skin
Metaphorically, something is crawling beneath her skin.
And her doll
Her doll reacts to the unsettling feeling.
Is so relieved she's lost her innocence
The doll is relieved to lose its innocence.
It was a teen game
The past was a game of adolescence.
Now we're serious
The present is serious, not a game anymore.
It's all customized
Everything is now tailored to individual preferences.
Don't get curious
Caution against curiosity.
We got your pension
They have control over your retirement fund.
And your attention
They have your focus and attention.
We got it all
Repetition emphasizing that they have everything.
We got it all
-We got it all
-We got it all
Emphasizing once again that they have everything.
We got it all
-We got it all
-From your pink bedroom
Everything is obtained from the pink bedroom.
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