Now It Can Be Told

  1. Jocko Homo
  2. It Doesn't Matter To Me
  3. Going Under
  4. Working In A Coal Mine
  5. Happy Guy
  6. That's Good
  7. Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth
  8. Girl U Want
  9. Whip It
  10. Baby Doll
  11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  12. Uncontrollable Urge
  13. Gut Feeling
  14. Gates Of Steel
  15. Somewhere With Devo: (Suite Includes Shout And Disco Dancer)

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 do what a monkey do god made man but a monkey supplied the glue we must repeat o.k. let's go!

It Doesn't Matter to Me

listen comrade i don't care how long you want to grow your hair it doesn't matter to me hey lady have you heard the news? you can burn your wig and burn your shoes it doesn't matter to me but there's something much bigger than what meets the eye something important and it's waiting for you oh yeah knock it off pal i heard your story before tell me something new that's what i'm waiting for it doesn't matter to me 'cause there's a train coming into the station but it's heading for a new destination and i tell you my friend you better count me in listen comrade i don't care if you ever change your underwear it doesn't matter to me

Going Under

left home with a friend of mine gone two years and i don't know why now i'm happy all the time i can't think and i'm feelin' fine girl put me in a situation going through soft core mutation guess you heard this all before now you're gonna hear some more i know a place where dreams get crushed hopes are smashed but that ain't much voluntary experimentation going through soft core mutation i'm going under down under where the lights are low to a place where all the mutants go doing things i never did before inside out and coming back for more little girls with the four red lips never knew it could be like this you put me in a situation goin' through soft core mutation

Working In A Coal Mine

well i been workin' in a coal mine goin' down down workin' in a coal mine whew about to slip down five o'clock in the mornin' i'm up before the sun when my work day is over i'm too tired for havin' fun lord i am so tired how long can this go on i been workin' goin' workin' whew about to slip down

Happy Guy

well it's an open road and it's full of life stretching on and on but it stops somewhere because time keeps ticking away time keeps on ticking away let me tell you about a boy an average spud he was twice in love with two very different girls knowing life is short he told them both the truth but they already knew hey now he's a happy guy well it's a random turn on a game show wheel unpredictable but it stops somewhere because time keeps ticking away time keeps on ticking away let me tall you about a man a tragic case love kicked in his face he shriveled up and died from a broken heart reincarnated as a work of art he's got a brand new start hey now he's a happy guy

That's Good

everybody it's a good thing everybody wants a good thing everybody ain't it true that everybody's looking for the same thing ain't it true there's just no doubt there's some things that you can't do without and that's good ain't it true as the sun that shines you got yours and you got mine and that's good everybody's just like you it's true everybody wants a good thing too now let's have a great big hand for everybody who can understand life's a bee without a buzz it's going great till you get stung and let us not forget to toast everyone who might have missed the boat and to everybody else who waits until the next one sails in again everybody it's a good thing ain't it true it's a monumental good thing

Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth

i know i let you tell me what to do you were confident you knew best now things aren't working like you want them to your confidence is what i detest you got me lookin' up high you got me searchin' down low you got me i know you know you got me jerkin' back 'n' forth you told me people like to suffer you told me that's the way it is you said that things were getting better you said i should accept all this you think it's funny but what i say is true the reason that i live like this is all because of you there is a thought that keeps me thinking like a stone inside my shoe it is a vision reoccurring a dirty window i can see you through

Girl U Want

she sings from somewhere you can't see she sits in the top of the greenest tree she sends out an aroma of undefined lust it drips on down in a mist from above she's just the girl u want you hear her calling everywhere you turn you know you're headed for the pleasure burns but the words get stuck on the tip of your tongue she's the real thing but you knew it all along look at you with your mouth watering look at you with your mind spinning why don't we just admit it's all over

Whip It

crack that whip give the past the slip step on a crack break your momma's back when a problem comes along you must whip it before the cream sits out too long you must whip it when something's going wrong you must whip it now whip it into shape shape it up get straight go forward move ahead try to detect it it's not too late to whip it whip it good when a good time turns around you must whip it you will never live it down unless you whip it no one gets their way until they whip it i say whip it whip it good

Baby Doll

girl of my dreams she don't love me always the way it seems to be my baby doll light of my life she turns it on over my head not close enough my baby doll baby doll you look so good baby doll you feel so big baby doll you let me have it why did you do it baby doll quick tempered queen knows what she wants and what i got is what its not my baby doll

(I Can't Get No) 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

Uncontrollable Urge

got an urge got a surge and it's out of control got an urge i wanna purge 'cause i'm losing control uncontrollable urge i wanna tell you all about it uncontrollable urge makes me scream and shout it it's got style it's got class so strong i can't let it pass i gotta tell you all about it i gotta scream and shout it and i say yeah

Gut Feeling

something about the way you taste makes me want to clear my throat there's a message to your movements that really gets my goat i looked for sniffy linings but you're rotten to the core i've had just about all i can take you know i can't take it no more got a gut feeling centered 'round long time ago on your ability to torment then you took your tongs of love and stripped away my garment got a gut feeling

Gates Of Steel

twist away the gates of steel unlock the secret voice give in to ancient noise take a chance a brand new dance twist away the gates of steel twist away now twist and shout the earth it moves too slow but the earth is all we know we pay to play the human way twist away the gates of steel a man is real not made of steel the beginning was the end (of everything now) the ape regards his tail (he's stuck on it) repeats until he fails half a goon and half a god a man's not made of steel a man is real that's how he feels

Somewhere With Devo: (Suite Includes Shout And Disco Dancer)

shout shout i'm shoutin' about the world outside i'm shoutin' because you just can't hide i'm shoutin' from the plain honest truth i'm shoutin' there's so much we could do shout i'm shoutin' and when you put it all together and when you roll it in a ball and when you watch another pyramid as it's about to fall remember you were there remember if you care all those who held their ground when it all came down said shout shout shout well baby this one's for you shout for everything that you do shout until the battle is won shout we'll live to fight on and on are you ready? are you ready for inspection? he's ready to die! there's a place for us somewhere a place for us peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere there's a time for us somewhere a time for us time together and time to spend time to look time to care somewhere someday we'll find a new way of living we'll find a way of forgiving somewhere someday there's a place for us a time and place for us hold my hand and we're half-way there hold my hand and i'll take you there somehow someday somewhere (the femmes devo) i'm a disco dancer but i've got no place to go (i'm a disco boy i'm a disco boy) i'm a disco dancer baby but my feet won't touch the floor (i'm a disco boy i'm a disco boy) oh no i've been sleeping twenty years or more i remember long time ago (i'm a disco boy i'm a disco boy) nya nya nya nya now i'm back to change your mind now i'm moving right in time in a world that's turned unkind i see what's going on behind my back i'm a disco dancer and i keep dancin' on and on (i'm a disco boy i'm a disco boy) oh no i'm a disco dancer baby but i think that something's wrong