Collaborations Don’t Work FFS

[Chorus: Alex Kapranos]
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

[Chorus: Russell Mael]

[Verse 1: Alex Kapranos & Russell Mael]
Mozart didn’t need a little Hadyn to chart
Warhol didn’t need to ask De Kooning about art
Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte
Wish I had been that smart
Wish I had been that smart

[Chorus: Russell Mael]

[Verse 2:]
[Russell Mael:]
Collaborations don't work
You start off deferential
[Alex Kapranos:]
And strangely reverential
You both feel it's essential
[Nick McCarthy:]
Collaborations don't work
He's eyeing your new lover
[Bob Hardy:]
Then one night you discover
Them underneath your covers