Lyrics to
Jerkin' Back and Forth

                    As sung by Devo, and Devo 2.0


I know I let you tell me what to do
You were confident you knew best
Now things aren't working like you want them to
Your confidence is what I detest

You got me looking up high
You got me searching down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

You told me people like to suffer
You told me that's the way it is
You said that things were getting better
You said i should expect all this

You think it's funny
But what i say is true
The reason that I live like this
Is all because of you

You got me looking up high
You got me searching down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

There is a thought that keeps me thinking
Like a stone inside my shoe
It is a vision re-occurring
A dirty window I can see you through

You think it's funny
But what i say is true
The reason that I live like this
Is all because of you

You got me looking up high
You got me searching down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

You got me looking up high
You got me searching down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth
You've got a thumping pumping bass line
You've got a beat that makes me move
You've got a riff that keeps revolving
You lock me up inside your groove

You got me surging up high
You got me going down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

I gotta tell you something stupid
I hope you take it standing straight
Your music's messing with my brainwaves
It leaves me feeling stupid great

You think it's funny
but what I say is true
The reason that I move like this
is all because of you

You got me surging up high
You got me going down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

There is a pulse that keeps me twitching
It's electric and it's new
It's hypnotic and evolving
a funny little dance that I gotta do

You think it's funny
but what I say is true
The reason that I move like this
is all because of you

You got me surging up high
You got me going down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

You got me surging up high
You got me going down low
You got me, I know you know
You got me jerkin' back and forth

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