“Here to Go” is one of the more enduring tracks from the Shout album. It was released as a single and was later the only track from Shout featured on Devo’s Greatest Hits, albeit in a heavily remixed form.
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If you smell the smoke
You don't need to be told
What you got to do
Yet, there's a certain breed
So very in between
They'd rather take a vote
Running short on time
Still, they can't decide
But we already know
That we are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
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What is really mine?
Who's at the top of the pile?
Where does he draw the line?
Let them figure it out
Go on and step across
Just remind yourself
That we are here to go
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When it grows too long
The tail wags the dog
The hand that bites gets fed
Troubles multiply
The crowd begins to cry
For some common sense
Let them all dig in
When the odds are no win
Head for the nearest door
'Cause we are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
We are here to go
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What is really mine?
Who's at the top of the pile?
Where does he draw the line?
Let them figure it out
Go on and step across
Just remind yourself
That we are here to go
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Here to Go was written by Gerald Casale & Mark Mothersbaugh.
Here to Go was produced by Devo.
Devo released Here to Go on Tue Oct 09 1984.