If they don't turn you into a junkie or a zombie on the street If they don't turn you into a yo-cat or a grinning Jesus freak If they don't take away your brains or turn your body inside out If they don't take away your passion with a color TV set They'll take away your heart and soul They'll take away your heart and soul They'll take away your heart and soul Don't let them take away your heart and soul But remember what the wise man said
There's nothing to fear (but fear itself)... -->Oingo Boingo
Time takes a cigarette... ...puts it in your mouth. You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette. The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget. You're a rock 'n roll suicide. You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it, and the clock waits so patiently on your song. You walk past the cafe, but you don't eat when you've lived too long.
Well you filled up my head, With so many lies. Twisted my heart Til something snapped inside. I'd like to give it one more try but my give a damn's busted.
You can crawl back home say you were wrong, stand out in the yard cry all night long. Well go ahead and water my lawn. My give a damn's busted.
(chorus)
I really wanna care, I wanna feel somethin' Let me dig a little deeper... Nope... Sorry... Nothin'
(2nd verse)
You can say you've got issues. You can say you're a victim. It's all your parents fault, After all you didn't pick em Well maybe Oprah's got time to listen. My give a damn's busted.
(*Well let me get this straight now) Your therapist said It was all just a phase A product of the prozac And your co-dependent ways So uhh ... who's your enabler these days My give a damn's busted.
(chorus)
I really wanna care, I wanna feel somethin' Let me dig a little deeper... Eeh-Eeh
(3rd verse) (*Oh you're tellin' me) It's a desperate situation, No tellin' what you'll do. If I don't forgive you, You say your life is through. Well honey... give me somethin' I can use. (My give a damn's busted.) (*Ahh you knew I was gonna say that, didn't ya.)
My give a damn's busted (*ha ha) My give a damn's busted Honey trust me My give a damn's busted yeahhh ... OOOH My give a damn's busted yeahhh (*You wanna do what?)(*ha ha ha ha ha) My give a damn's busted (*Get the party started thats what we'll do) My give a damn's busted (*I'm not done honey, trust me) My give a damn's busted (*Been there, done that) My give a damn's busted My give a damn's busted
Now maybe I didn’t mean to treat you bad But I did it anyway And not maybe Some would say your life was sad But you lived it anyway And now maybe Your friends they stand beside they watch you crumble As you falter to the ground And now maybe Your friends they stand beside as you were flying Oh you were flying oh so high But then some day people look at you for what they call their own They watch you suffer Yeah they hear you calling home But then some day we could take our time To brush the leaves aside so you can reach us But you left me far behind Now maybe I didn’t mean to treat you oh so bad But I did it anyway Now maybe some would say you’re left with what you had But you couldn’t share the pain No, no, no Couldn’t share the pain they watch you suffer Now maybe I could have made my own mistakes But I live with what I’ve known Yes maybe we might share in something great But won’t you look at where we’ve grown Won’t you look at where we’ve gone But then someday comes tomorrow holds a sense of what I fear for you in my mind As you trip the final line And that cold day when you lost control Shame you left my life So soon you should have told me But you left me far behind Now maybe I didn’t meant to treat you oh so bad But I did it anyway Now maybe some would say you’re left with what you had But you couldn’t share the pain No, no, no Now maybe I didn’t mean to treat you oh so bad But I did it anyway No maybe some would say you’re left with what you had But you couldn’t share the pain I said times have changed your friends They come and watch you crumble to the ground They watch you suffer Yeah they hold you down Hold you down Maybe brother maybe love I didn’t mean to treat you bad But you left me far behind Left me far behind Left me far behind
Well, every man's got a mountain to climb: He's got his own cross to bear. Well, every day's just another step you take, On the road that takes you there. On the road that takes you there.
I'm spinning around Move out of my way I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this I'm breakin' it down I'm not the same I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this
Clearin' this house out of joy that I borrowed From back in the day Threw away my old clothes Got myself a better wardrobe I got something to say
I'm through with the past Ain't no point in looking back The future will be And did I forget to mention that I found a new direction And it leads back to me?
I'm spinning around Move out of my way I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this I'm breakin' it down I'm not the same I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it
Mistakes that I made givin' me the strength To really believe And no matter how I take it There's no way i'm gonna fake it 'cuz it's gotta be real
I've got nothin' left to hide No reason left to fight 'Cuz the truth's given me a new freedom inside Gettin' rid of my desire Do you like what you see?
I'm spinning around Move out of my way I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this I'm breakin' it down I'm not the same I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this
Ooh-oh baby, baby, baby You know you like it like this Ooh-oh baby, baby, baby You know you like it like this Ooh-oh baby, baby, baby
I'm spinning around Move out of my way I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this I'm breakin' it down I'm not the same I know you're feelin' me 'cuz you like it like this
Oh cown of light. Oh darkened one. I never thought we'd meet. You kiss my lips, and then it's done. And I'm back on boogie street. A sip of wine. A ciggarett. And it's time to go. I'm wanted at the traffic jam, thier saving me a seat. I am what I am. And what I am is back on boogie street. And oh my love, I still recall. The pleasures that we made. At the waterfall, where I bathed with you. And where your beauty there, that tamed me all through. And then your love would fade. A place you have made, so discreete. To place a man on boogie street.
if you just realized what I just realized then we'd be perfect for each other and we'd never find another if you just realize what I just realized then we'd never have to wonder if we'd be perfect for each other.
Memories, sharp as daggers Pierce into the flesh of today Suicide of love took away all that matters And buried the remains in an unmarked grave in your heart
With the venomous kiss you gave me I'm killing loneliness (Killing loneliness) With the warmth of your arms you saved me, Oh, I'm killing loneliness with you I'm killing loneliness that turned my heart into a tomb I'm killing loneliness
Nailed to the cross, together As solitude begs us to stay Disappear in the lie forever And denounce the power of death over our souls and secret words are said to start a war
With the venomous kiss you gave me I'm killing loneliness (Killing loneliness) With the warmth of your arms you saved me, Oh, I'm killing loneliness with you I'm killing loneliness that turned my heart into a tomb I'm killing loneliness
Killing loneliness
With the venomous kiss you gave me I'm killing loneliness (Killing loneliness) With the warmth of your arms you saved me
Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out' the trees Now I'm on my knees Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know when you're going to shock the monkey
Fox the fox Rat the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey
Wheels keep turning Something's burning Don't like it but I guess I'm learning
Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey
Too much at stake Ground beneath me shake And the news is breaking
Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey
Shock the monkey Shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life
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If they don't turn you into a yo-cat or a grinning Jesus freak
If they don't take away your brains or turn your body inside out
If they don't take away your passion with a color TV set
They'll take away your heart and soul
They'll take away your heart and soul
They'll take away your heart and soul
Don't let them take away your heart and soul
But remember what the wise man said
There's nothing to fear (but fear itself)...
-->Oingo Boingo