The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance

Music by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio / Lyrics by Ezra Koenig / Produced by Rostam Batmanglij

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  • The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance
  • American Girl/Kids
  • The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Chromeo Remix)
  • Lyrics

    A devastating backstroke

    All the way from France

    With shiny, shiny cufflinks

    A shirtsleeve to enhance

    The pin-striped men of morning

    Are coming for to dance

    With pure egyptian cotton

    The kids don’t stand a chance

    You criticize the practice

    By murdering the plants

    Ignoring all the history

    Denying them romance

    The pin-striped men of morning

    Are coming for to dance

    Forty-million dollars

    The kids don’t stand a chance

    I didn’t like the business,

    But that was at first glance

    Your pillow feels so soft now

    But still you must advance

    The pin-striped men of morning

    The partners in the dance

    The paper’s shot to pieces

    The kids don’t stand a chance