Hardcore, Volume 1

  1. Mechanical Man
  2. Auto Mo-Down/Space Girl Blues
  3. Social Fools
  4. Soo Bawls
  5. Satisfaction
  6. Jocko Homo
  7. Golden Energy
  8. Buttered Beauties
  9. Midget
  10. I'm A Potato (And I'm So Hip)
  11. Uglatto
  12. Stop Look And Listen
  13. O No
  14. Mongoloid

Mechanical Man

i'm a mechanical man 2 mechanical arms 2 mechanical legs i'm a 2+2=4 man me feel swell me work well me want what you want me want what you got

Auto Mo-Down/Space Girl Blues

auto mo-down down in youngstown bodies in the street auto mo-down noon in downtown bodies with no feet auto mo-down noon in youngstown bodies got de blues auto mo-down up in downtown bodies with no shoes an acidhead goon in a '55 dodge didn't mean to do it but a sidewalk run in the noonday sun ten to one he had to lose it space girls are as cold as ice they'll kiss you once and kiss you twice you'll shiver shake and then turn blue next you got the space girl blues i want your mechanism give me your mechanism space girls always smoke for taste swallow butts and leave no waste sado-maso is the rule you want them they don't want you just to show that they don't care they'll bite your face and burn their hair the sun comes up the moon boo-hoos now you got the space girl blues i need your mechanism destroy your mechanism destroy it!

Social Fools

if you obey society's rules you'll be society's fools you'll obey and then disobey you'll disobey but then you'll obey you thought your mom and dad were fools you never wanted to listen in school now your mind won't go when you wanna take it you got a ride but you're not gonna make it you'll never catch up! dad pass the catsup! clean that mess up! mess up! listen up! if you obey society's fools you'll be society's tools and you'll obey and then disobey you'll disobey but then you'll obey you thought your mom and dad were queer you always wanted egg in your beer now your dog won't go when you try to make it he's got a bone but he's not gonna shake it if you take society's tools you'll make society's rules which you'll obey and then disobey you'll disobey but then you'll obey that's all for now that's all we know this is the end

Soo Bawls

pretty mongo everybody wants her toilet same old story she don't let no one near it the way she teases them it's such a shame she's got all the huboons crying her name soo bawlz she's got 'em howling she's got 'em growling she's got 'em going clean outta their minds ain't a man in town who wouldn't have her for his daughter they'd all trade their brains for one taste of her toilet water one two three four tell the people what she wore they run in circles trying to call her up but her phone's been disconnected since she sold her butt

Satisfaction

i can't get no satisfaction i can't get me no satisfaction and i try and i try and i try t-t-t-t-try try i can't get no i can't get me no when i'm riding in my car and a man comes on the radio he's tellin' me more and more about some useless information supposed to fire my imagination i can't get no uh no no no hey hey hey that's what i say i can't get no satisfaction i can't get me no girly action when i'm watchin' my tv and a man comes on to tell me how white my shirts could be but he can't be a man 'cause he does not smoke the same cigarettes as me and when i'm flying around the world and i'm doin' this and i'm tryin' do that and i'm trying to make some girl tells me baby better come back later next week can't you see i'm on a losing streak

Jocko Homo

they tell us that we lost our tails evolving up from little snails i say it's all just wind in sails are we not men? we are DEVO! we're pinheads now we are not whole we're pinheads all jocko homo are we not men? D-E-V-O monkey men all in business suit teachers and critics all dance the poot are we not men? we are DEVO! are we not men? D-E-V-O god made man but he used the monkey to do it apes in the plan we're all here to prove it i can walk like an ape talk like an ape i can do what a monkey can do god made man but a monkey supplied the glue we must repeat o.k. let's go!

Golden Energy

golden energy for the guy or gal whose had a hard hard day golden energy when you're expected to meet the demands of an energetic mate before a red hot date golden energy dripping down on you golden energy natural aphrodisiac golden energy working hard to keep you on full golden energy pumping iron all the way to keep you you from being too too too tired keep you latched up and wired rootin' bootin' sure-fired golden energy for the guy or gal whose had a hard hard day at the office golden energy when you're expected to meet the demands of an energetic mate before a red hot date golden energy meets all requirements posts no bills poots no guff needs no prescription golden energy handle if you care if you dare help yourself to another share

Buttered Beauties

the first time i saw you i knew there would be no other that tingle told her we were meant for one another i'm calling you i'm calling you i'm calling one two three buttered beauties of the negroid north come spread your tallow on me oiled wonder of the midnight forest toss down your glossy web she's got me by the lever (sticking it out sticking it out) in simulated leather (sticking it out sticking it out) i think she broke my tether c'mon c'mon keep on comin' on now

Midget

i had the body of a two and a half year old baby i had the brain of a man i used to play underneath my momma's skirts all day i parked my car in her garage she didn't know i was a midget she thought it was all innocent play she didn't know i was a midget but when dad came home she put me away

I'm A Potato (And I'm So Hip)

supermarket flashbacks show arms and legs in plastic sacks fatmen twelve bananas high die while all the women cry love love gets sucked away on big fat lips while people pray boy plus girl make mess of sex no babies come what happens next de-evolution self-execution no solution i'm a potato and i'm so hip teenage hoodlums stand in line donate blood to pay for crime butchers steel doctor's tools sew pretty heads on dogs and mules hi-fi systems men in pairs tape bodies falling down the stairs father-son teams split the cost of nighttime girls but all is lost to de-evolution self-execution no solution i'm a spudman i've got eyes all around martian feet turn dirt and stone for buried treasure human bone madison men tattoo ads on ten year olds with sucker pads rockets rust attack decay things fall apart while spacemen play now daddy zero drops his brown go down go down go down it's de-evolution self-execution no solution i'm a spudgun i'd like to shoot 'em all!

Uglatto

you ooh-ooh-ooh another hairdo mobutu shoes this roman knows you're uglatto you grin like a star the grille of a car fat oldsmobile-o a puffed potato this roman say uglatto you a bad tomato speak esperanto so desperato and constipato this roman knows you're uglatto why do you wiggle so you make me ho-ho in front of people you are so uglatto

Stop Look And Listen

stop look and listen i hear 'em comin' can u hear 'em comin'? i see 'em comin can u see 'em comin? i feel 'em comin' gonna mess up the plumbin' it's d-e-v-o from o-h-i-o it's d-e-v-o from o-h-i-o-o-o i hear 'em comin' can u see 'em comin'? i feel 'em comin' gonna mess up the plumbin' keep on twitchin' gonna mutate the system it's d-e-v-o from o-h-i-o it's d-e-v-o from o-h-i-o-o-o

O No

we were all alone then she bit my bone i said let's sell the phone try to get away i knew she was in heat she knelt at my feet wet socks on the floor but it's all the same last year we got sick doctors did the trick now i gotta use a stick but it's still the same blunt as a matchpack dry as a cactus o no! (you go home) pus policemen fill up day student teachers license plates eat my dinner words all gone i feel slipped away the moral is don't start even if you're smart you don't have a chance it's all the same blunt as a matchpack dry as a cactus o no! (you go home) ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Mongoloid

mongoloid he was a mongoloid happier than you and me mongoloid he was a mongoloid and it determined what he could see mongoloid he was a mongoloid one chromosome too many mongoloid he was a mongoloid and it determined what he could see and he wore a hat and he had a job and he brought home the bacon so that no one knew mongoloid he was a mongoloid his friends were unaware mongoloid he was a mongoloid nobody even cared