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Devo

Big Mess (demo)

Release date: 2000

From Recombo DNA
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"Big Mess (demo)" is a track by Devo, from the album Recombo DNA, released 2000. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Devo.

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Devo

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Lyrics

Big Mess (demo)

I am cowboy Kim

Cowboy Kim I am

I am a lucky cowboy

Let me tell you why

I'm a man with a mission

A boy with a gun

I got a picture in my pocket of the lucky one

I'll announce the winner

On the Radio

With my microphone

I do a super show

I wear a cowboy hat

It is my business hat

I'm on till 1 am

I must tell you that

I'm a man with a mission

A boy with a gun

I got a picture in my pocket of the lucky one

Who doesn't know

I'm a big mess

I mean a really big mess

A big big mess he was all mixed up in a big mess

Big mess, he was a

He was really mixed up he was a big mess

Big mess, he was a

He was really mixed up

Cowboy Kim I am

Mr. Reality

The most important thing

I put away my toys

With my microphone

I do a super show

I'll announce the winner

On the Radio

I'm a man with a mission

A boy with a gun

I got a picture in my pocket of the lucky one

Who doesn't know

I'm a big mess

I mean a really big mess

A big big mess he was all mixed up in a big mess

Big mess, he was a

He was really mixed up he was a big mess

Big mess, he was a

He was really mixed up

I'm a man with a mission

A boy with a gun

I got a picture in my pocket of the lucky one

Who doesn't know

I'm a big mess

I mean a really big mess

A big big mess he was all mixed up in a

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Track details

From Recombo DNA

2000
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Recombo DNA
Recombo DNA
Devo
Release year
2000
  1. —Race of Doom (demo)
  2. —Love Is Stronger Than Dirt
  3. —I Desire (demo)
  4. —Luv & Such
  5. —Gotta Serve Somebody (live)
  6. —Before Baby Doll There Was Satan with Mark Mothersbaugh
  7. —Big Adventure (rough mix)
  8. —Bushwhacked (prosthetic version)
  9. —Here to Go (alternate version rough mix)
  10. —It's Not Nuclear Bombs You Must Fear with Booji Boy
  11. —Happy Guy (demo)
  12. —No Noise (rough mix)
  13. —Recombo DNA (Demo)
  14. —The Only One (demo)
  15. —Ton 'O Luv (Instrumental Demo)
  16. —Make Me Dance
  17. —Mind Games (Demo)
  18. —Baby Doll (demo)
  19. —Pity You (demo)
  20. —Beautiful World (demo)
  21. —Big Mess (demo)
  22. —Plain Truth (demo)
  23. —The Somewhere Suite (Studio Version Demo)
  24. —Time Bomb
  25. —Some Things Don't Change (rough mix)
  26. —The 4th Dimension (alternate version rough mix)
  27. —I Saw Jesus
  28. —Some Things Never Change (demo)

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