Devo Album

We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits
Going to bang some heads
Going to beat some butts
Time to show those evil spuds what's what

If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool

Spank the pain who try to drive you nuts.

Time to clean some house
Be a man or a mouse
face fools who make it tough to get around

If you live in a big place
LyricsMany factions underground
Chase down Mr. Hinky Dink
So no trace can be found

If you live in a big place
Many factions underground
Chase down Mr. Hinky Dink
So no trace can be found

We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits

Put the tape on erase
Rearrange a face
We always liked Picasso anyway

If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool

We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool
Eliminate the ninnies and the twits

We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool
Spank the pain who try to drive you nuts.

Mash 'em

We're through bein' cool
We're through bein' cool....

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 and 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

You got me lookin' up high
LyricsYou got me searchin' down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

There is a thought that keeps me thinkin'
Like a stone inside my shoe
It is a vision reoccuring
A dirty window I can see you through

You think it's funny
But what I say is true
The reason that I live like this
Is all because of you

You got me lookin' up high
You got me searchin' down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

You got me lookin' up high
You got me searchin' down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

Pity you
You're tellin' me you got a problem
A dirty sort of contraction
A mindless kind of reaction
You never get no satisfaction

Pity you
I know you really got a problem
A nasty kind of reflection
A dangerous sort of destruction

It makes it difficult
Makes it hard to read
Takes it all away
From what you had in mind

Yeah yeah yeah

Here's to you
I know you really got a problem, problem
A nervous kind of distraction, distraction
LyricsA mindless sort of reaction, reaction
A nasty sort of contraction, contraction
You never get no satisfaction, faction

But there's some big fat points
That you seem to be missin'
And it's drivin' you to destruction

That doesn't seem
to stop you at your feet
To halt this obsession
Got you jumpin' on back
Week after week, week after week
Day after day, day after day
Hour after hour, hour after hour
the way you came
More of the same, yeah yeah

Soft things
You want soft things
You need soft things
You'll get soft things

You register emotion
You get a full hit
There's a certain way it shivers
When she shakes

Her mind seemed so chaotic
Her posture was erotic
And her voice was exotic
I acted so neurotic
I thought it idiotic
Her dance was so technotic
She became hypnotic

And now I'm calling out for soft things
Something soft sometimes get hard
Now I'm calling out for soft things
LyricsWhen something calls you
You'll know what to do

Soft things
You want soft things
You need soft things
You'll get soft things

You find a longer wave length
You hear a deeper note
It's a buried treasure
That she doesn't hide

Her mind seemed so chaotic
Her posture was erotic
And her voice was exotic
I acted so neurotic
I thought it idiotic
Her dance was so technotic
She became hypnotic

Soft things
You want soft things
You need soft things
You'll get soft things
(repeat)

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
Goin' through soft core mutation

Think 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
Goin' through soft core mutation

I'm goin' under, I'm goin' under
I'm goin' under, I'm goin' under
I'm goin' under, goin' under
Goin' under, goin' under

Down under where the lights are low
LyricsTo a place where all the mutants go
Doin' things I never did before
Inside out and comin' back for more
Little girl with the four red lips
Never knew it could be like this
You put me in a situation
Goin' through soft core mutation

Down under where the lights are low
To a place where all the mutants go
Doin' things I never did before
Inside out and comin' back for more
Little girl with the four red lips
Never knew it could be like this
You put me in a situation
Goin' through soft core mutation

I'm goin' under

Race of doom
Is it on
Is it off
Reply

It's a matter of time
It's a matter of luck
It's a factor of chance
'til I self-destruct
You fire at random
I'm under attack
Strapped in and freewheeling
Flying off the track

I want to be your time bomb
Let me be your time bomb baby
I want to be your time bomb
Please let me be your time bomb baby

Everywhere there is danger
Absolutely for real
Subliminal feelings
Too strong to conceal
Unscramble your program
My turn to unload
Unbelievably certain
Guaranteed to explode

Race of doom

Love without anger
Love without anger

He picked up the phone and took the call
The long distance voice just started to bawl
I don't care if you feel small
Love without anger isn't love at all

Oh why can't you have your cake
And eat it too
Why believe in things
That make it tough on you
Why scream and cry
When you know it's true
Why fall in love
When there's better things to do

Love without anger
Love without anger

Barbie and Ken in a great big fight
LyricsSeems Ken forgot to make it home one night

You know what you will see
It simply can't be right
Looks like love's bark
Is worse than its bite

Love without anger
He was young and in love
So he just couldn't see
And it compelled him to ask

"Are you kidding me,
You must be kidding me"

Love without anger
Love without anger

Love without teardrops isn't the same
He asked to be counted out of the game
She thought of him who was so insane
Love is what it does by any other name

Oh why can't you have your cake
And eat it too
Why believe in things
That make it tough on you
Why scream and cry
When you know it's true
Why fall in love
When there's better things to do

Love without anger

Today what does it take
To do the super thing
I'll tell you what it takes
A very simple thing
Iron nerves
like a pilot of a jumbo jet
for a girl on the go
Who hasn't got there yet

Magnetic trumpets blowing
Synthetic saxophones

The evidense kept growing
From below
Hidden motivations
Buried in the past
Still give us strength
For the super thing

The red alarm
A rude surprise every time it rings
LyricsMeans it's time to go beyond
The normal thing
Pay attention and be prepared
To do it right
The super thing's the thing
that makes you bigger than life

Magnetic trumpets blowing
Synthetic saxophones

To do the super thing
Won't you tell me what it takes
To do the super thing
Won't you give me what it takes
To do the super thing

Signals start to travel
From a distant place
lights go out, electric shock
Then pleasure pain

Sensations unfamiliar
Can make you sick

It's a super human thing
And it does the trick

Magnetic trumpets blowing
Synthetic saxophones

It's a beautiful world we live in
A sweet romantic place
Beautiful people everywhere
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say

It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
For you, for you, for you

It's a wonderful time to be here
It's nice to be alive
Wonderful people everywhere
The way they comb their hair
Makes me want to say

It's a wonderful place
It's a wonderful place
It's a wonderful place
For you, for you, for you
Lyrics
Hey. tell me what I say
Boy and girl with the new clothes on
You can shake it to me all night long
Hey hey

It's a beautiful world we live in
A sweet romantic place
Beautiful people everywhere
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say

It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
For you, for you, for you
It's not for me

It's a beautiful world, for you
It's a beautiful world, for you
It's a beautiful world, for you
It's a beautiful world, not me

It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world
It's a beautiful world

It's a beautiful, beautiful world

None of you would help me when I baked my bread
Now all of you would help me eat it
I can see that you are very well fed
This indicates that you don't need it

Enough said, enough said
Stop and let me tell you
What tomorrow holds for you
Stop and let me tell you
'Bout a plan I have for you

Take all the leaders from around the world
Put them together in a great big ring
Televise it as the lowest show on earth
And let them fight like hell
to see who's king

Whoa, Hey

Gather up the pieces when the fight is done
Then you'll find out livin' really can be fun
Lyrics
The next thing I say to you will be true
The last thing I said was false
Remember to do nothin'
When you don't know what to do

Ooooh, Hey

You wanted a world you could figure out
But something happened while you were asleep
You wanted a good life you could brag about
Too bad they took the part you wanted to keep

Enough said, enough said
Stop and let me tell you
What tomorrow holds for you
Stop and let me tell you
'Bout a plan I have for you

Enough said