Devo Album

when you hear would should coulda
gotta think mighta been in spite of
low down tired of being a fighter
turn around put it all behind you
caught in a trap and you can't walk out
it's in your mind so you can't walk out
now don't get stuck
stuck in a loop again
well you're gonna get stuck
stuck in a loop again

when you hear maybe baby someday
gotta say when do i get it my way
freeze-dried waitin for the big day
get wise take another freeway
caught in a trap and you can't walk out
it's in your mind so you can't walk out

just when you think you've got it beat
it sets you up and knocks you dowwn
try to blow it off or trade it in
Lyricsyou'll wind up in the lost and found
and then you're stuck
stuck in a loop again
well you're gonna get stuck
stuck in a loop again

maybe random maybe a scam
fate lays waste to the greatest plans
that's life

talk about karma moan about sin
just don't get stuck in that loop again
'cause that's life

if i had a hammer
i'd wake up all my neighbors
pounding out a rhythm
all about you

if i had apencel
i'd push me some paper
i'd build a skyscraper
to get close to you

if i had a lasso
i'd said out the window
and land on an island
next to you

if i had a hot rod
i'd fasten up my seatbelt
and break the speed limit
gettin' to you

but i ain't got a hammer
Lyricsand i ain't got a pencil
and i ain't got a lasso
so i'm doing it the hard way
like a post post-modern man

if i had a credit card
i'd clear me a pathway
through the deepest jungle
right to your door

if i had a camera
i'd snap away my fingers
and collect up the pictures
of you, of course

but i ain't got a hot rod
and i ain't got a credit card
no chance for a camera
so i'm doing it the hard way
like a post post-modern man

well i ain't go a hammer
and i ain't got a lasso
no chance for a camera
so i'm doing it the hard way

when we do it
(the great big it)
i hopeit's we and not just me
when we do it
something happens
and it's bigger than the both of us
and for a second
there's no trouble
and the world outside goes away
the clock on the wall
between us stops
then the world outside blows away

you make me lose my body
and nothing could be better
you make me lose my body
it's like we've died and gone to heaven
you make me lose my body

when we do it
(the universal it)
i know it's we and not just me
when we do it

when i was young i thought i stood
on solid ground well that proved wrong
everything i knew was true
just blew up in my face

isn't life wonderful?
i didn't really think so
i took my chips and cashed them in
and let the games begin

'cause it's easy
it's perfectly easy
to spin that wheel 'round
'til you turn it all upside down
it's easy
it's perfectly easy
to let that wheel spin
'til the numbers come back right to you

now spin that wheel
there's nothing to lose
Lyricsspin that wheel
it's waiting for you
now spin that wheel
let the wheel decide
spin that whell
go along for the ride
spin the wheel

when i was young and set to move
i started looking forward to
the fun that disappeared so soon
i wanted to check out

isn't life wonderful
i didn't used to think so
i took my chips and cashed them in
and started up again

now it's easy

walk me out in the morning dew my friend
walk me out in the morning dew today
can't walk you out in the morning dew, my friend
can't walk you out in the morning dew today

i thought i heard a baby cry, this morning
i thought i heard a baby cry today
you didn't heard no baby cry, this morning
you didn't heard no baby cry today

where have all the people gone, this morning
where have all the people gone today
you'll never find no people here, this morning
you didn't need those people anyway

i thought i heard a young girl call this morning
i thought i heard a young girl call today
you didn't hear no young girl call this morning
you didn't hear no young girl call today

and now i can't walk you out in the morning dew my friend
i guess it doesn't matter anyway

ice starts meltin' 33 degrees
(a change is gonna cum)
little girl think' bout the birds and bees
(a change is gonna cum)
man grows up goes down on his knees
(a change is gonna cum)
here it comes!

every new beginning is a delicate time
but just like when the end comes it's never very pretty
every in-between time looks like a perfect picture
it seems to last forever
because it's standing still

but oh baby
(a change is gonna cum)
not just maybe
(a change is gonna cum)

ozone layer starts to disappear
(a change is gonna cum)
Lyricsspaceman makes it with an alien girl
(a change is gonna cum)
scientists prove we were never here!
(a change is gonna cum)
here it comes!

but oh mama
(a change is gonna cum)
psychodrama
(a change is gonna cum)

going 'round the world
don't know where we're going
we don't even care
but you just can't be from someplace else
unless you go somewhere
and we're in the same boat
so as long as it floats
we might as well stop n' stare
at the big picture
the big picture (repeat)
get the b-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-g picture

we're almost there

we're gonna keep on going
'til that new age dawns
always keeping an eye on the stars in the sky
in case one starts to fall
and we're in the same boat
as the ones who can't float
so they might freak out and sink us all
and miss the big picture
(going round the world)
the big picture
(got to get it now)
like a fish in the water
you don't know where you've been
'til you jump out and take a look around
at the b-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-g picture

you better watch out
i'm tellin' you why
just when you least expect it
just when you feel at ease
that's when you get selected
that's when they'll come you'll see
so many stray transmissions
there's nothing you can do
so many liquid rhythms
they'd fill a swimming pool
beamed from the highest mountain
nowhere left for you to go
they'll take you even higher
than you've ever been before
but there's no need to worry
first you'll dip into a dream
and in your mind it's comin
like so many bright ideas
it's all about the happen
it's way beyond fantastic
it's useless to resist it
Lyricswhen you're finally hit with
pink jazz trancers

jazz trance for you
wait just for a minute
lay down here next to me
jazz trance for you
no need for you to hurry
turn on the cable tv
jazz trance for u
let's close our eyes together
now can't you see how good
it's gonna be

(well, i kinda feel sorry for jimmy.
yeah, but you don't know the whole story, he wasn't a nice guy.
what do you mean?
let me tell ya)
jimmy's in a wheel chair and i don't care
jimmy's in a wheel chair and i don't care
he used to walk his dog
then he'd beat him good
like his pretty wife
now they're up and gone
and jimmy's in a wheelchair and i don't care

he was the president
of a company
he kept his workers poor
he'd liie and cheat and steal
but when justice strikes
every once in a while
it makes a bullseye hit
every once in a while

Lyricshe used to yell and scream
until his son would cry
then he'd run him down
well he don't run no more
jimmy's in a wheelchair and i don't care

he got big and fat
and he was ridin' high
makin' lots of cash
trashin' others' lives
now jimmy's in a wheelchair and i don't care

young hunks
cyberpunks
and sweet things
trying hard to change your luck
baby thugs
bad spuds
and mean things
living for today or maybe even yesterday

look around
shakey ground
do the right thing
in this world you're just a guest
do it now
time's run out for the pig thing
living for today stealing from tomorrow

law and order puppets remote-controlled by greed
and tv preacher robots won't give you
what you need
use your head
Lyricssidestep the traps
snake throught the chaos with a smooth noodle map
besides the king's been dead
they blew off his head in '63

big bucks
energy sucks
and dumb things
make it hard to live and breathe
add it up
no matter what
there's one thing
living for today there's maybe no tomorrow

subhuman bloodless leaders fed on lies and fear
and tv anchor news teams trim all we see and hear
use your head
sidestep the traps
snake throught the chaos with a smooth noodle map
besides god isn't dead
he's in your head
right where he ought to be

when i woke up this morning
i wasn't in my bed
you know i had an itchy itch feeling
running round my head
i looked at my watch
and this is what it said
you got them dawghouse blues
got them in your shoes
boy you know you're bound to lose

well i got up
and header home right away
you know i was wondering
whay my baby would say
she said wait!
she said wait!
well you been out all night
got into a fight
and now you got them dawghouse blues

i said baby baby baby
Lyricsbaby please don't go
i said baby baby baby
there's something you should know
well that trick you do
it's not so new
someday them dawghouse blues are gonna
get to you

you know my woman was waitin'
stick in hand
she beat me good (whew)
now i don't understand
i thought there was freedom
in this here land
i got them dawghouse blues
got 'em in my shoes
man you know i'm gonna lose
i said
i said