The Super Thing - Devo

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What does it take

To do the super thing (super thing)

I’ll tell you

What it takes

A very simple thing (simple thing)

Iron nerves

Like the pilot of a jumbo jet (jumbo jet)

Or a girl

On the go

Who hasn’t got there yet

Magnetic trumpets blowing

Synthetic saxophones

The evidence kept growing

From below

Hidden motivations

Buried in the past

Still give us strength

For the super thing

The red alarm

A rude surprise every time it rings (time it rings)

Means it’s time

To go beyond

The normal thing (normal thing)

Pay attention

And be prepared

To do it right (do it right)

The super thing

The thing

That makes you bigger than life

Magnetic trumpets blowing

Synthetic saxophones

The evidence kept growing

From below

Hidden motivations

Buried in the past

Still give us strength

To do the super thing

Won’t you tell me what it takes

To do the super thing

Won’t you give me what it takes

To do the super thing

Signals

Start to travel

From a distant place (distant place)

Lights go out

Electro shock

Then pleasure pain (pleasure pain)

Sensations

Unfamiliar

Can make you sick (make you sick)

It’s a super-

Human thing

And it does the trick

Magnetic trumpets blowing

Synthetic saxophones

The evidence kept growing

From below

Hidden motivations

Buried in the past

Still give us strength