Devo performing in Los Angeles in 2004.
This story was updated at 4:54 p.m.
The Obama-Romney dog wars just got a soundtrack.
On Wednesday, American new wave band DEVO released a song targeting Mitt Romney's dog-on-roof incident with its wicked social commentary.
Devo's Gerald Casale, an animal lover, said he felt he "had to get involved" after he heard about the saga of Seamus, the Irish setter who famously went for a ride on the Romney family station wagon.
The result is the new single "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro! (Seamus Unleashed)," along with a mobile game titled "The Crate Escape," both which satirize the mishap.
Dogs Against Romney, an online group that partnered with Devo for the new song, called the song "classic DEVO social deconstructionist."
Listen to the song and read the lyrics below:
DON'T ROOF RACK ME, BRO! (SEAMUS UNLEASHED)
V1:
Seamus Seamus please come back
Your former master is on the attack
If he was honest and told the truth
He'd go to jail for what he did to you
Seamus, why did he make you ride outside?
V2
Dogs don't argue and dogs don't lie
You try to please us. You don't ask why
But when your master betrayed your trust
I wish you'd lost it, just that once
Seamus, why did you have to go away? Hey, hey, hey
(I hear you howlin')
CHORUS
Don't roof rack me, bro'
Gotta let me go
Don't roof rack me , bro'
Put me down on the ground!
Don't roof rack me bro'
Man, I told you so
Don't roof rack me bro'
Now the brown's comin' down
BRIDGE
Your master's story seems air-tight
But somethin' about him isn't right
He'll say anything to win the race
Wish you could rise up from your grave
And tell the world
How his smile hides
The soul of an angry little man
V3
Seamus Seamus please come back
Your master's pigged-out on Super-pacs
If he was honest and told the truth
He go to jail for what he did to you
Seamus, why do the bad guys seem to win? It's a sin.
(I hear ya howlin')
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Elizabeth Flock is a staff writer for U.S. News & World Report. You can contact her at eflock@usnews.com or follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
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