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Devo – A Change Is Gonna Cum (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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Smooth Noodle Maps
A Change Is Gonna Cum

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A Change Is Gonna Cum

Release date: 1st June 1990

From Smooth Noodle Maps

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"A Change Is Gonna Cum" is a track by Devo, from the album Smooth Noodle Maps, released 1st June 1990. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Devo.

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Devo

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Lyrics

A Change Is Gonna Cum

Ice starts melting 33 degrees

A change is gonna come

Little girl thinking 'bout the birds and bees

A change is gonna come

Man grows up, goes down on his knees

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

Here it comes

Every new beginning

Is a delicate time

But just like when the end comes

It's never very pretty

And 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 come

Not just maybe

A change is gonna come

Ozone layer starts to disappear

A change is gonna come

Spaceman makes it with an alien girl

A change is gonna come

Scientists prove we were never here

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

Here it comes

Every new beginning

Is a delicate time

But just like when the end comes

It's never very pretty

And every in-between time

Looks like a perfect picture

It seems to last forever

Because it's standing still

But oh, mama

A change is gonna come

Psychodrama

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

You better believe it

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

I'm getting ready

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

A change is gonna come

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Track details

From Smooth Noodle Maps

1990

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Album

Smooth Noodle Maps

Release year

1990

—Morning Dew
—Jimmy
—Pink Jazz Trancers
—Spin the Wheel
—DEVO Has Feelings Too
—When We Do It
—Dawghaus
—A Change Is Gonna Cum
—The Big Picture

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh
Producer: Devo