Oingo Boingo Lyrics

Go Away at Youtube Go Away at Youtube

Walking down the sidewalk in a crowd that doesn't care
Bumping into shoulders every eye is on the street
There's a man with tattered clothes who's cursing at the air
Everyone is slowing down to catch a little peak


Song: Go Away
Album: So-Lo

Fool's Paradise at Youtube Fool's Paradise at Youtube

Two heads
Are better than one
Two hearts
Bleed so much more


Song: Fool's Paradise
Album: Dead Man's Party

Did It There (Irvine, October 31, 1993) at Youtube Did It There (Irvine, October 31, 1993) at Youtube

Every time I think I've got you figured out
When I think I've got you in a Chinese box
Every time I think I've got you naked on the cross again
You're still glowing now


Song: Did It There (Irvine, October 31, 1993)
Album: Unreleased

Remember My Name at Youtube Remember My Name at Youtube

(It will only break our dreams)
(If we wake alone to soon)
Remember my name
(We'll only find the light)
(If we know we'll be untrue)
Remember my name


Song: Remember My Name
Album: Unreleased

Flesh 'N Blood at Youtube Flesh 'N Blood at Youtube

Over time, I've come to feel
That everything must come apart, it seems
From the little child to the man of power
From the beggar to the angel of my dreams


Song: Flesh 'N Blood
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel

Dead Man's Party at Youtube Dead Man's Party at Youtube

Don't run away it's only me
Don't be afraid of what you can't see
Don't run away it's only me
Don't be afraid of what you can't see


Song: Dead Man's Party
Album: Dead Man's Party

Kiss My Ass (Demo) at Youtube Kiss My Ass (Demo) at Youtube

I'm a real sweet guy
But girls are afraid of my face
And I don't know why
But I don't really care either way


Song: Kiss My Ass (Demo)
Album: Unreleased

Fill The Void at Youtube Fill The Void at Youtube

What do they want from me?
What do they want from me?
What do they want from a poor boy who can't believe?
Can't believe
They want to fill the void
They want to fill the empty spaces
But I won't let them consume me
...
Song: Fill The Void
Album: Good For Your Soul

Help Me at Youtube Help Me at Youtube

When you spend your whole life
Building stone castles
When the walls start to crumble
Exposed to the world


Song: Help Me
Album: Dead Man's Party

No Spill Blood at Youtube No Spill Blood at Youtube

To the house of pain!
To the house of pain!
To the house of pain!
To the house of pain!
To the house of pain!
To the house of pain! (No spill blood)


Song: No Spill Blood
Album: Good For Your Soul

Winning Side at Youtube Winning Side at Youtube

It's the winning side
And everyone is cheering for
The winning side
And the children leave their homes to join
The winning side
And when Jesus comes he'll march on with
The winning side


Song: Winning Side
Album: Boingo Alive

No One Lives Forever at Youtube No One Lives Forever at Youtube

Let's have a party
There's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf
And I don't want to die


Song: No One Lives Forever
Album: Dead Man's Party

Cry Of The Vatos at Youtube Cry Of The Vatos at Youtube

Just once or twice is good for your soul
Praise God, brothers and sisters!
Accept Jesus in your heart and you will be saved!
You will receive everlasting life!
Listen to me, I've sinned, I know
Praise Jesus and you will be saved, saved!
...
Song: Cry Of The Vatos
Album: Good For Your Soul

Lightning at Youtube Lightning at Youtube

They say lightning, they say lightning
Lightning never strikes twice in a row
They say lightning, they say lightning
Lightning never strikes twice in a row


Song: Lightning
Album: So-Lo

Cinderella Undercover at Youtube Cinderella Undercover at Youtube

They say that values change when hunger or ambition strikes
Survival is essential at any cost or any price
The cartoon animals on Old McDonald's farm
Are nodding off in hotel rooms with needles in their arms
The Seven Dwarves, well
...
Song: Cinderella Undercover
Album: Boingo Alive

Pictures Of You at Youtube Pictures Of You at Youtube

It's just pictures of you, through the bedroom door
With that sly little grin, says you wanted some more
But there's people around, and they don't look so nice
Tell me why don't they move, this has happened before
This has happened before
...
Song: Pictures Of You
Album: Good For Your Soul

Weird Science at Youtube Weird Science at Youtube

My creation, is it real?
It's my creation I do not know
My creation, is it real?
Just flesh and blood
Just flesh and blood
Just flesh and blood


Song: Weird Science
Album: Dead Man's Party

Everybody Needs at Youtube Everybody Needs at Youtube

Young girl, so wild, she wears a ponytail
And she cooks inside with a passion she can't hide
And she's got that ju-ju in her eyes
Makes boys and old men come alive
And she knows the power that she possesses
When they start to melt under her caresses
...
Song: Everybody Needs
Album: So-Lo

Clowns Of Death at Youtube Clowns Of Death at Youtube

The Clowns of Death are marching on their hideous parade
Their glaring eyes are filled with hate, but I am not afraid
Their painted faces cracked with age, their makeup old and worn
With tattered wigs and toothy grins to amplify their scorn


Song: Clowns Of Death
Album: Farewell

Good For Your Soul at Youtube Good For Your Soul at Youtube

Have you ever been in love
with someone you hardly knew
Whereas every time you closed your eyes,
you saw this person come alive
It kept you wide awake at night
You felt like you were burning up
In pain, you want to scream
...
Song: Good For Your Soul
Album: Good For Your Soul

Violent Love at Youtube Violent Love at Youtube

I don't want to seem frantic, (Oh, oh)
I don't want to cramp your style, (Oh)
You're driving me into a panic
O-oh! You just wanna drive me, drive me,
drive me, drive me, drive me wild!


Song: Violent Love
Album: Oingo Boingo EP

Sweat at Youtube Sweat at Youtube

The cool boys bit the dust
They couldn't take the pressure
The cool girls got knocked up
They only wanted to have fun
(Where did they go?)
They fell in love and suffered
(Where did they go?)
They picked up guns and hammers
(Where did they go?)
...
Song: Sweat
Album: Good For Your Soul

Change at Youtube Change at Youtube

Got a little talking to
By the mirror in my room
And I, don’t really care


Song: Change
Album: Boingo

Lost Like This (Demo) at Youtube Lost Like This (Demo) at Youtube

Oh, I don't believe in ghosts or apparitions
Don't believe what I can't see
Living in a world of fallen angels
Something's watching over me


Song: Lost Like This (Demo)
Album: Unreleased

Dream Somehow at Youtube Dream Somehow at Youtube

Come to the rescue now
Come with a mission and come with a broken heart
Life is a dream somehow (life is a dream somehow)
Life is a dream and our lives are a world apart
Come to the rescue now (come to the rescue now)


Song: Dream Somehow
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel

Wake Up (It's 1984) at Youtube Wake Up (It's 1984) at Youtube

(Wake up), it's 1984
(Wake up), but we've been here before
(Wake up), it's 1984
(Wake up), but we've been here before, (here before)


Song: Wake Up (It's 1984)
Album: Good For Your Soul

Insects at Youtube Insects at Youtube

Insects crawling all around
Insects squirming in the ground
Insects, gooey, squeaky, chewy
Should I eat them? No!
I'd rather stomp them, hurt them, stomp


Song: Insects
Album: Nothing To Fear

Tough As Nails at Youtube Tough As Nails at Youtube

Walking round and round in circles (He's such a live wire)
Waking up in a cold sweat (He's such a live wire)
Falling down a stairway and the TV dinner's not done yet (He's such a live wire)
Smash a window, crash a car (He's such a live wire)
...
Song: Tough As Nails
Album: So-Lo

Lost Like This at Youtube Lost Like This at Youtube

The letters never made the post
A thousand more I never wrote
And here on dark, unfriendly streets
I find the comfort that I seek
And I'm happy anyway
Happy anyway


Song: Lost Like This
Album: Boingo

War Again at Youtube War Again at Youtube

There they go now
There go all my friends
There they go now, marching off to war again
With their bright flags
Waving in the wind
There they go now, marching off to war again
Smiling proudly


Song: War Again
Album: Boingo