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Devo – Plain Truth (1988) | Track profile | Dork

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Plain Truth

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Plain Truth

Release date: 24th May 1988

From Total Devo

About This Track

"Plain Truth" is a track by Devo, from the album Total Devo, released 24th May 1988. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Devo.

About the Artist

Devo

Devo

Lyrics

Plain Truth

Who are you

And who am I

Except a couple of people

Wasting lots of time

Worrying about the future

Forever asking why

Some people go on living

While others die before their time

Yet, there's never been a reason

Whatever "is" is right

If only just because it's

Much too big a fight

Like the painter who is way ahead

Or worse, still far behind

You only punch yourself out

When you start swinging blind

These are the things

Too often gone unsaid

These are the things

That keep you better off than dead

These are the things

That keep running through your head

Whoa-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

These are the things

Too often gone unsaid

Who who am I

And are you

Except a couple of people

With nothing else to do

But follow vain obsessions

Making gestures towards the truth

While trying to ignore it

When its convenient to

The symbols we believe in

Sometimes turn inside out

Reshaping each dimension

We're so sure about

Dreams get so frustrated

Fantasies turn pranks

A simple ounce of common sense

Is money in the bank

These are the things

Too often gone unsaid

These are the things

Too often gone unsaid

These are the things

That keep you better off than dead

Ooh ooh ooh-ooh

Ooh ooh ooh-ooh

Whoa-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh

Oh-oh oh-oh-oh

These are the things

That keep running through your head

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Track details

From Total Devo

1988

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Release year

1988

—Plain Truth
—Sexi Luv
—Agitated
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—Baby Doll (extended mix)
—Happy Guy
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—The Shadow
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—Some Things Never Change (cassette version)
—Man Turned Inside Out
—Don't Be Cruel
—I'd Cry If You Died
—Some Things Never Change

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