collaborations don't work

, collaborations don't work, they don't work, they don't work, collaborations don't work, they don't work, they don't work, collaborations don't work, they don't work, they don't work, i'm gonna do it all by myself, i'm gonna do it all by myself, mozart didn't need a little hack to chart, warhol didn't need to ask de kooning about art, frank lloyd wright always ate a la carte, wish i had been that smart, wish i had been that smart, collaborations don't work, you start off deferential, and strangely reverential, you both feel it's essential, collaborations don't work, he's eyeing your new lover, then one night you discover, them underneath your covers, collaborations don't work, delaying your vacations, to sundrenched island nations, to seek some affirmations, collaborations don't work, a colon or a comm, and then a drawn-out drama, bring in the dalai lama, where is this damn thing a-goin'?, where is this going, someone tell me, starlight, rub off on me, star bright, rub off on me, i don't need your patronizing, i don't need your agonizing, i don't need your navel gazing, i don't get your way of phrasing, i don't think you're really trying, what, pray tell, are you implying?, i ain't no collaborator, i am the partisan, rebel in the rocks with dirty trousers, broken pistol in the hand, i ain't no collaborator, hack my scalp if you think i am, i am a sadistic young usurper, a hand on your neck, hand on your lover, oh, give the man a hand, i ain't no collaborator, i ain't no collaborator, i am the master, independent, if i ever need a father, it won't be you, old man,