Greatest

Devo Greatest歌詞
1.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 me
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


2.Disco Dancer

I'm a disco dancer
But i've got no place to go
(i'm a disco boy i'm a disco boy)
Im a disco dancer baby
But my feet wont touch the floor
(im a disco boy im a disco boy)
Oh no
I've been sleeping twenty years or more
I remember a long time ago
(im a disco boy im a disco boy)
Nya nya nya nya
Now im back to change your mind
Now im moving right in time
In a world that's turned unkind
I see what's going on behind my back
Im a disco dancer
I keep dancin' on and on
(im a disco boy im a disco boy)
Oh no
Im a disco dancer baby
But i think that something's wrong


3.Don't Be Cruel

You know i can be found sitting home all alone
If you can't come around at least please telephone
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Well baby, if i made you mad something that i might have said
Please just forget the past the future looks bright ahead
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Well i don't want no other lover
Baby it's just you i'm dreaming of
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Ah let's go to a preacher and let us say i do
Then you'll know you have me and i'll know i got you
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Well i don't need no other lover
Baby it's just you i'm dreaming of
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true
Well i don't want no other lover
Baby it's just you i'm dreaming of


4.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
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


5.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!


6.Morning Dew

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 hear no baby cry this morning
You didn't hear 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 male call this morning
I thought i heard a young male 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


7.Post Post-modern Man

If i had a hammer
I'd wake up my neighbors
Pounding out a rhythm
All about you
If i had a pencil
I'd push me some paper
I'd build a skyscraper
To get close to you
If i had a lasso
I'd sail 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
And 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 got a hammer
And i ain't got a lasso
No chance for a camera
So i'm doing it the hard way


8.Spin The Wheel

When i was young i thought i stood
On solid ground well that proved wrong
Everything i know was true
Just blew up in my face
Isn't life wonderful?
I really didn't think so
I took my chips and cashed them in
And let the games begin
Cause it's easy
It's prefectly 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
Spin that wheel
It's waiting for you
Now spin that wheel
Let the wheel decide
Spin that wheel
Go along for the ride
Spin the wheel
You lose!
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


9.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 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


10.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