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Well it's a god-given fact
That you can't go back, no you can't go back
It's a god-given law
That you're gonna lose your maw, yes you're gonna lose your maw
It's a god-given fact
You gotta buy 'em by the sack, gotta buy 'em by the sack
Well it's a god-given law
That you're gonna get small, yes you're gonna get small
May be just another rap
But you're running out of sap, yes you're running out of sap
Well you better take the rap!
Dying under daddy's cap, dying under daddy's cap
Shrivel up!
It's at the top of the list
That you can't get pissed, no you can't get pissed
It's rule number one
Living right isn't fun, living right isn't fun
'Cause it's a god-given fact
That you can't go back, no you can't go back
It's a god-given law
That you're gonna lose your maw, yes you're gonna lose your maw
Time-tested and true
You gotta pooty-poo-poo, gotta pooty-poo-poo!
Well, it's a god-given law
That you're gonna get small, yes you're gonna get small
May be just another rap
But you're running out of sap, yes you're running out of sap
Well, you better take the rap!
Dying under daddy's cap, dying under daddy's cap, now!
Shrivel up!
Shrivel up, people!
That you can't go back, no you can't go back
It's a god-given law
That you're gonna lose your maw, yes you're gonna lose your maw
It's a god-given fact
You gotta buy 'em by the sack, gotta buy 'em by the sack
Well it's a god-given law
That you're gonna get small, yes you're gonna get small
But you're running out of sap, yes you're running out of sap
Well you better take the rap!
Dying under daddy's cap, dying under daddy's cap
That you can't get pissed, no you can't get pissed
It's rule number one
Living right isn't fun, living right isn't fun
'Cause it's a god-given fact
That you can't go back, no you can't go back
It's a god-given law
That you're gonna lose your maw, yes you're gonna lose your maw
Time-tested and true
You gotta pooty-poo-poo, gotta pooty-poo-poo!
Well, it's a god-given law
That you're gonna get small, yes you're gonna get small
May be just another rap
But you're running out of sap, yes you're running out of sap
Well, you better take the rap!
Dying under daddy's cap, dying under daddy's cap, now!
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Everybody keeps reading sex into devo's lyrics! lol theyre more profound than that... this song mainly just reflects on how aging and getting smaller is a fact if life
Fact OF life, i meant
You buy a sack of mushrooms, they are gonna dry out a little bit and shrivel up. That's just the way it goes.
"Buy 'em by the sack" is an ad slogan for White Castle - they sell tiny hamburgers.
It's about aging. MM jokes about this now by coming onstage with a walker.
This song is about sex (like many of Devo's songs).
Specifically, the penis shriveling up after it has done it's thing :)
There are a tonne of little hints: -the music sounds like it is "coming down" - the whole song is a denouement -the drip drip drip sound -"you can't go back" - after you come, you're done -"buy 'em by the sack" - yes also a White Castle reference, but the topic of this song also comes by "the sackful" -"can't get pissed" or you won't get it up -"may be just another rap / but you're running out of sap" is pretty obviously on this theme -"it's a god-given law that / you're gonna get small" clear enough
@Meatbomb -- Yeah I agree. I've always thought all of this too.
@Meatbomb -- Yeah I agree. I've always thought all of this too.