Song Name: Tunnel Of Life
Artist: DEVO
Appears On: DEVO Live 1980
Run Time: less than 2 minutes (segue from Booji Boy's Funeral tour film)
Years Performed: 1980
Writing Credits: Mark Mothersbaugh
Sung By: Booji Boy
Alternate Versions: without lyrics, this music is called Booji Boy's Funeral
Demo Versions: None Known
Song Connections: Booji Boy's Funeral (same music)
Trivia / Info:[]
- This song is just the end of Booji Boy's Funeral with lyrics.
- In the Freedom of Choice tour, the performance of this song is preceded by a tour film with General Boy and Booji Boy. The first part is set in a factory, where General Boy accidentally crushes Booji's head in a press, after warning him of the danger. The second half is in the hospital as a nurse unwraps Booji's bandages, revealing his head to be horribly disfigured.
- Only the first half of the Booji Boy's Funeral tour film survives intact, and appears on We're All DEVO and The Complete Truth About De-Evolution. The second half only appears on DEVO Live 1980, recorded as projection.
- The lyrics are related to an entry in Booji Boy's book, My Struggle.
Onstage Behavior:[]
- After the Booji Boy's Funeral film clip is played, the music playback continues. Booji appears on stage in a collared raincoat with his mask as it appeared in the clip, turned inside out and smeared with Vaseline. Booji sings lyrics to the audio playback.
Lyrics:
- The river of time
- conveyed my tunnel of life
- yanked me from deep inside
- the capsule where I slept
- darkness that shrouded me
- burst with a sickening light
- when I was born
- my hands were small
- but they grew big
- to pick the fruit
- that made me think
- forget the ways
- so I could go
- reverse the flow
- back where I came from
- to the tunnel of life
- to the tunnel of life
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