OK Go - What To Do Lyrics






Come on in, sweetie-pie! Have an apple, have some lye...
Leave your friends, righteous and pathetic, standing at the door.
On the books, all your bets favor head-bands and cassettes,
cigarettes, suffragettes, and bores.

What to do?
Sweetheart, you'll find mediocre people do exceptional things all
the time.
Oh, the ruin will do in your talented mind...
could've been a genius if you'd had an axe to grind.

When we moved to the city, it seemed the competition got so much
less pretty
but the mirror's never failed you like this before.
So your revenge on the world will be pencils through your curls
and if wanting ever taught you anything, it's wanting more.
(and more and more and more...)

What to do?
Sweetheart, you'll find mediocre people do exceptional things all
the time.
Oh, the ruin will do in your talented mind...
could've been a genius if you'd had an axe to grind.
What to do?

When that day finally nears, you'll at least have made it clear
that compassion's just a nicer way of looking down your nose.
It seems that all the people want to do is crowd the streets of
Amsterdam (Pamplona, too),
but the bulls have already come and gone and bellowed all their
lows.
Now nobody knows

what to do.
Sweetheart, you'll find mediocre people do exceptional things all
the time.
Oh, the ruin will do in your talented mind...
Could've been a genius if you'd had an axe to grind.
What to do?





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  1. d.... L....

    I miss the OK Go that actually cared about the music

  2. N.... N....

    Damian took my sharpie before the tread video made them epic and famous and it's the best burgle I've ever been a victim of

  3. M.... C....

    So old , and so good ... 😢💘

  4. M.... B....

    We have to understand we are in a time where we can't say what we want without fear of reprisal so I so appreciate this band

  5. D.... _....

    Can anyone tell me the chord for the xylophone part????

  6. m.... ....

    One of their best songs IMO. Shame it's so unnoticed compared to their new, absolutely incredible music videos. Not saying they're bad, just that I wish this one had more recognition. It's nice seeing they've come from this to the awe-inspiring videos they put out today. A band unlike any other.

  7. r.... c....

    that 4/4 to 3/4 transition <3

  8. m.... K....

    what to do..

  9. �.... ....

    💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

  10. F.... R....

    Brasil 🇧🇷

  11. o.... d....

    can we get an instrumental of this?

  12. E.... N....

    Sweetheart you'll find--mediocre people do exceptional things all the time.

  13. K.... K....

    Anyway who is the 5th guy?

    K.... K....

    Adam Theis- check it out -- www.jazzmafia.com

  14. O.... ....

    This is straight-up one of their best songs to date.

    O.... ....

    Exactly

  15. A.... L....

    Reminds me of Violent Femmes with some 40s big band thrown in. Amazing.

  16. S.... M....

    Why dont they ever sing "when we moved to the city the competition got much less pity" ?

    S.... M....

    Mari Mari cos that's not the lyric?

  17. D.... J....

    song favorite

  18. B.... R....

    What an underated fackin' talented great band they are.

  19. A.... D....

    Ooooooo

  20. R.... A....

    This is probably the best song in the album.

  21. i.... l....

    Damian is looking up most of the time. the fuck are you looking at bro

  22. A.... H....

    Andy 1.0

  23. R.... Q....

    This is when Dan still had his hair

    R.... Q....

    and tim only had sideburns lmao

  24. C.... C....

    ah yes!!! this video has horns!

  25. s.... ....

    andy looks so much older here. and i saw a video of him playin with ok go after he left and he looks like he aged twice as fast as damian

  26. b.... ....

    They should have put this on "Of The Blue Color of The Sky (Extra Nice Edition)" I love this version.

    b.... ....

    they should put all their older songs on soundcloud because for some reason three quarters of Oh No is blocked in my country

  27. M.... D....

    Emusic? More like ANTMUSIC AM I RIGHT!!?!???!?!! HEHHAHEehheh heh hmm

  28. k.... y....

    the trombone omgggg

  29. N.... ....

    Looking back at their older videos, it's amazing to see how far they've come! From tiny videos of them on treadmills and in a little coffee shop, and now giant videos with hundreds of people choreographed to dance with umbrellas? Amazing!

    N.... ....

    +Generic_Name123 and a new member to the band

    N.... ....

    "Count on Me" is from 2010!? There ought to be a posted chronology for the group if only from their long time fans!

  30. K.... ....

    Love this better than the one on the album. It's just wonderful.

    K.... ....

    completely agree, love love love the trombone

  31. S.... S....

    Nearly as Weezer like ..... Than Weezer. But still a damn good band. Vastly underrated (even given gimmicky((albeit clever)).

    This is 1st Ok.. Track I heard. I think it was on a Kerrang! (!) magazine. Bands to watch out for was it 2004? A wee while ago. It made me get the album...

    S.... S....

    Word video missing from end it 1st paragraph !!

    S.... S....

    Mahias ulk p

  32. F.... ....

    Goddd i miss Andy Duncan...

  33. i.... ....

    ANDY FUCKING DUNCAN

  34. k.... ....

    やさしい気持ちになれるよん。

    k.... ....

    いい歌ですよね~( ̄∀ ̄)

  35. W.... ....

    When we moved to the city, it seems the competition got so much less pretty...but the...the mirrors never failed you like this before.

  36. I.... L....

    What is Dr. House doing in the xylophone?

  37. B.... ....

    Here's hoping they'll put it on their next "extra nice" addition...

  38. J.... L....

    A different ok go, the kind I wish more people knew.

  39. s.... ....

    Kind of loving Andy Duncan's moustache.

  40. B.... J....

    Forget special effects, make up and enhancements, this is what a music video should be

  41. s.... c....

    I cannot believe I just tried to watch an OK Go video and got shown an advertisement for Justin Bieber's perfume.

  42. p.... ....

    Tim... You shaved your beard... Grow it back. It was beautiful.


    P.S. I still think you're a god.

  43. B.... ....

    "Mediocre peopledo exceptinonalthings all the time".
    That line was beautiful.

  44. h.... ....

    best of the bests.

  45. J.... M....

    it's called a mute.

  46. J.... M....

    you get like all the awesome point.

  47. J.... M....

    I'm a guy and I would go gay for Damian.

  48. J.... J....

    I wonder how long ago it was when they played this song traditionally like this and not with handbells. Not that I have anything against handbells though!

  49. K.... ....

    I'm always disturbed by the number of views on this video compared to some of their other songs. It's one of their best songs...especially this version (which is not the same as the album version).

  50. J.... A....

    Reminds me of The Beatles

  51. S.... ....

    This is the only rendition I can enjoy this song in.

  52. n.... ....

    @silvershine6 From left to right:
    Damian Kulash, Dan Konopka, Tim Nordwind and Andy Duncan (no longer in the band).

  53. t.... ....

    Dan has all of his hair in this video! And of course looks very cute too.

  54. T.... ....

    My favorite line is "Mediocre people do exceptional things all the time"

  55. A.... S....

    7 people just didn't know what to do. :/ What a pity.

  56. m.... ....

    @smoof4321 looks like 7 people will be destroyed

  57. A.... ....

    LOVE IT!XD

  58. L.... ....

    never heard this version, when did this happen? Love it! XD

  59. A.... B....

    @ShadowHeartization: Isnt that how most songs are written?

  60. S.... M....

    they made up this song when they were bored and had nothing to do

  61. L.... H....

    Dan has HAIR!!! :) Love you Dan... :*

  62. B.... ....

    @ehurtx lol just slightly

  63. L.... H....

    Dan Konopka looks sooo young in here :)

  64. m.... o....

    I just can't get over how beautiful their voices are in the acoustic version. It's captivating.

  65. u.... ....

    @blarghasaur no you're wong its a glockenspiel xylophones are wooden

  66. M.... ....

    so much better than the original, i wish it was itunes.

  67. v.... ....

    dude, really? how old is that guy w/ the stache? he looks like he could be damian's father

  68. M.... J....

    I love this version. I wanted to buy it on iTunes but they only have the other version. What to do?

  69. M.... ....

    I totally love this band, but i can only say that nearly without exceptions original videos were much better than the ones with the new label :/
    Anyways keep it ok go!

  70. b.... ....

    how is this explicit?

  71. I.... ....

    i love both versions :D

  72. b.... ....

    2 guys on the right look like creepers

  73. N.... M....

    @smoof4321 You must be a drummer too. I noticed the same thing myself.

  74. H.... ....

    You guys are awesome. I'm a big fan!

  75. m.... h....

    4 people knew what to do.

  76. M.... B....

    @marramiaumiaumiau The intro/verse/solo rhythm chords are C Em Bb A7 Dm7 G C G.

    The chorus chords are C C7 F Fm Dm7 G (2x)

    After the chorus (what to doooooooo), it's C Em Am F and then C Em E Am Fm6

    I also have the solo tabbed, I can PM you if you want it

  77. M.... B....

    @TheTorminator I know the chords.

  78. t.... ....

    i never noticed before now, but they left out the second verse :( i probably wouldn't have even noticed except for the fact that i've had that verse stuck in my head all day! x_x

  79. T.... ....

    Who here knows the chords?

  80. a.... ....

    this video is weird... because it's not weird..

  81. G.... ....

    @TruckFilms Put it up on Youtube?

  82. Z.... T....

    haha dan has hair.
    i love ok go

  83. w.... ....

    @mattmalachowski
    You know, you say that - and I think its actually Damian's wife. Just speculation, tho.

  84. b.... ....

    Why didn't they keep the trombone for the studio version!!!!

  85. M.... M....

    This is way cool! I love the chick tapping her toe and finger on the wine glass!

  86. h.... d....

    this is most unclolorful video they have made it just isnt right
    its kinda scary what have they done!!!

  87. d.... ....

    ok go WIN!
    this video is the second only to do what you want lol

  88. S.... ....

    Wow i love this song and the understated video

  89. a.... ....

    sweet they did that at the brighton show I went to too :D

  90. i.... ....

    cool stuff

  91. t.... ....

    they are so much like the beatles it's not even funny, if paul and ringo were dead too, i would swear they were the incarnent

  92. r.... ....

    O hells yes. Thanks for the heads up.

  93. S.... M....

    @rulerOFtheSKIES Theyre doing some tours in england soon mate...I'm going to the London show in feb 2010. tickets are about 13 quid, i found them via the ok go twitter page, tho you should be able to find em just via google.

  94. 5.... ....

    Where can I get the tabs for this version, it's a lot different than anything I can find online.

  95. r.... ....

    It sucks living in England, I would love to see them at my university.