Beautiful World
by Devo

Album: New Traditionalists (1981)
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  • It's a beautiful world we live in
    A sweet romantic place
    Beautiful people everywhere
    The way they show they care
    Makes me want to say

    It's a beautiful world
    It's a beautiful world
    It's a beautiful world

    For you
    For you
    For you

    It's a wonderful time to be here
    It's nice to be alive
    Wonderful people everywhere
    The way they comb their hair
    Makes me want to say

    It's a wonderful place
    It's a wonderful place
    It's a wonderful place

    For you
    For you
    For you

    Hey
    Tell me what I say

    Boy 'n' girl with the new clothes on
    You can shake it to me all night long
    Hey hey

    It's a beautiful world we live in
    A sweet romantic place
    Beautiful people everywhere
    The way they show they care
    Makes me want to say

    It's a beautiful world
    It's a beautiful world
    It's a beautiful world

    For you
    For you
    For you

    It's not for me

    It's a beautiful world, For you
    It's a beautiful world, For you
    It's a beautiful world, For you
    It's a beautiful world, Not me Writer/s: GERALD V. CASALE, MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
    Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Comments: 8

  • Lb from KansasDevo was so ahead of their time. My dad has been playing them on vinyl since I was a child, and owns every album. “Whip it” was one of my favorite songs he would play in general when jamming his records, Devo will always have a special place in my heart
  • Sandy from KansasWhen my son was very young, he would have nightmares about the "Byooful World Man", the big-headed guy on the video.
  • Andrew from Melbourne, AustraliaThis is one of the best songs (and videos) I can remember from the 1980s. Yet you never hear it on the radio anymore. Scandalous! Devo are still too clever for most people.
  • Karen from Manchester, NhI LOVE Devo videos! My boyfriend (at the time) and I even designed a Devo album cover when I was about 16: it showed a tiny little country/park type landscape being dwarfed by a huge Devo hat.
  • Landon from Winchester, OhRage Against the Machine did a cover of this.
  • Kevin from Hood River, OrI had no idea Mark Mothersbaugh was in Devo!!

    That totally rocks!! I became a fan through his soundtrack work, namely the Royal Tennenbaums score.
    I wonder if Mothersbaugh and Casale know Joe Walsh? If my memory serves me, he was a student at Kent State at the time of the massacre as well.
  • Heidi from Kingsland, GaI had no idea that Devo was a fan of Wall of Voodoo. Rock on!!!!
  • Art from Milwaukee, WiThis is one of the best videos ever created. Pure art.
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