Now It Can Be Told

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
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
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

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 away
Until they whip it

I say whip it
Whip it good
I say whip it
Whip it good

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
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

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

But the earth is all we know
We pay to play the human way
Twist away the gates 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

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 that's how he feels

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!

She sings from somewhere you can't see
She sits in the top of the greenest tree
She sends out an aroma of undefined love
It drips on down in a mist from above

She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want

You hear her calling everywhere you turn
You know you're headed for the pleasure burn
But the words get stuck on the tip of your tongue
She's the real thing but you knew it all along

She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want

Look at you with your mouth watering
Look at you with your mind reeling
Why don't we just admit it's all over
Just the girl u want

She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That 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, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want

Look at you with your mouth watering
Look at you with your mind spinnin'
Why don't we just admit it's all over
Just the girl u want

She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl
That u want
She's just the girl, just the girl

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 bigger than my vcr
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 comin' into the station
But it's headin' 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

I know i let you tell me what to do
You were confident you know 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 expect 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

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