Pain - Oingo Boingo

Welcome to my little world

Completely self-contained, yeah

Your problems, they will soon be gone

(We soak up lots of pain), yeah

If life is a reflecting pool

Then we are like a sponge, yeah

Absorbing the good with the bad

We soak up… soak it up

So give me all your troubled thoughts

And baggage you can’t handle, no

We’ll gladly take it off your back

(We soak up lots of pain), yeah

Is it any wonder, now—everybody goes insane

Everybody locks the doors to keep out any strangers

Everybody’s all pent up—everybody's got short fuse

Getting ready to blow up, we live in so much danger

Boys and girls in a line

Come and get your big reward

You’re not too late;

just in time

Put your hand on mine, you’re mine

You’re mine

When everybody has gone to bed

And children are asleep, yeah

I sit up late and watch TV

(And soak up lots of pain), yeah

Little Junior on the bus

His notebook by his side, yeah

He hardly ever makes a fuss

He soaks up so much pain

We’ve traveled far, this monkey and me

By airplane, boat, and train, yeah

We’re here to eat up all your sins

(And soak up lots of pain), yeah

Is it any wonder, now—everybody goes insane

Everybody locks the doors to keep out any strangers

Everybody’s all pent up—everybody's got short fuse

Getting ready to blow up, we live in so much danger

Boys and girls of every creed—religion and persuasion, no

It’s time to get up off your knees… we soak it up… we soak it up

So, open the door and let me in—don't question who I am, no

Just shake my hand and give me your name

(We soak it up… soak it up…)