XyloBone Music

Darth Eggplant · December 16, 2002

Reptiles and Samurai

Reptiles and samurai

Inhabit my head

Invading my dreams

Sleeping in my bed

They battle but they never die

They hear what I hear

Watching through my eyes

They don't like what they see

Reptiles and samurai

Under my skin

They hide in my mind

Speak with my tongue

They run amok in my terrain

They are not friends

But they are forced reluctantly

To share my brain

Reptiles have silly grins

Dark eyes

Shiny teeth

Some have fins!

Samurai they smile never

Serious

Pretty swords

Very clever!

Sometimes I watch them

From this place way in the sky

Your face is young and shiny

Transform right before my eyes

Without warning

Without reason

Samurais and lizards,

reptiles and samurai

Samurais and lizards,

reptiles and samurai

Reptiles and samurai

Inhabit my head

Invading my dreams

Sleeping in my bed

They battle but they never die

Reptiles all have pretty scales

They run real fast

Like to bite

Some have tails!

Samurai like their water hot

Very brave

Eat raw fish

They fight a lot!

Sometimes I watch them

From this place way in the sky

Your face is young and shiny

Transform right before my eyes

Without warning

Without reason

Samurai and lizards,

reptiles and samurai

Samurai and lizards,

reptiles and samurai

Reptiles and samurai

Samurai

Reptiles and Samurai

Nothing To Fear album 1982

Oingo Boingo

Darth Eggplant · December 17, 2002

Gratitude

Hoooooooooo!

Life's been so good to me

Has it been good to you

Has it been everything

That you expected it to be

Was it as good for you

As it was good for me

And was it everything

That it was all set up to be

(Now is that gratitude)

Ohh

(Now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

Or is it really love

Some kind of reality

That fits just like a glove

Now is that gratitude

For everything I've done

Or is it something else

That's got me on the run

In the middle of a big tornado

On the tip of everyone's tongue

In the belly of a giant whale

All the girls just wanna have fun

In the look of a frightened neighbor

In a big warm bed at night

In a broken elevator

In the teeth of a dog that bites

In the middle of a revolution

In the look of a child's face

In the silence of a dinner table

In the stillness of disgrace

Now is that gratitude

(Now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

(Now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

(Now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

(Now is that gratitude)

Yesss

But when I think of you

And what you've done to me

You took away my hope

You took away my fantasy

I once had lots of pride

The world was in my hands

I lived way at the top

In castles name of sand

(sand...)

Ooooh I dream of you sometime

Huh!

(In the middle of a big tornado)

In the middle of a big tornado

(On the tip of everyone's tongue)

On the tip of everyone's tongue

(In the belly of a giant whale)

In the belly of a giant whale

(All the girls just wanna have fun)

All the girls just wanna have fun

(In the look of a frightened neighbor)

In the look of a frightened neighbor

(In a big warm bed at night)

In a big warm bed at night

(In a broken elevator)

In a broken elevator

(In the teeth of a dog that bites)

In the teeth of a dog that bites

(In the middle of a revolution)

In the middle of a revolution

(In the look of a child's face)

In the look of a child's face

(In the silence of a dinner table)

In the silence...

In the stillness of disgrace

(In the stillness of disgrace)

Now is that gratitude

Oooh

(Now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

Oooh

(Now is that gratitude)

Whooooo

Life's been so good to me

Has it been good to you

Has it been everything

That you expected it to be

Was it as good for you

As it was good for me

And was it everything

That it was all set up to be

(In the middle of a big tornado)

In the middle of a big tornado

(On the tip of everyone's tongue)

On the tip of everyone's tongue

(In the belly of a giant whale)

In the belly of a giant whale

(All the girls just wanna have fun)

All the girls just wanna have fun

(In the look of a frightened neighbor)

In the look of a frightened neighbor

(In a big warm bed at night)

In a big warm bed at night

(In a broken elevator)

In a broken elevator

(In the teeth of a dog that bites)

In the teeth of a dog that bites

(In the middle of a revolution)

In the middle of a revolution

(In the look of a child's face)

In the look of a child's face

(In the silence of a dinner table)

In the silence..

In the stillness of disgrace

(In the stillness of disgrace)

Ooooh I dream of you sometime

(In the middle of a big tornado

On the tip of everyone's tongue

In the belly of a giant whale

All the girls just wanna have fun

Ooooh I dream of you sometime

(In the look of a frightened neighbor

In a big warm bed at night

In a broken elevator

In the teeth of a dog that bites)

Ooooh I dream of you sometime

(In the look of a frightened neighbor

In a big warm bed at night

In a broken elevator

In the teeth of a dog that bites)

Now is that gratitude

Oooh

(Now is that gratitude)

Ohhhh whoa

Now is that gratitude

Oooh ohwhoa

(Now is that gratitude)

Oohhhh whoa

Now is that gratitude

Oooooh whoa

(Now is that gratutude)

Now is that gratitude

Oh

(Now is that gratitude)

album: So-Lo

Danny Elfman

*Oingo Boingo*

1984

Darth Eggplant · December 21, 2002

It Only Makes Me Laugh

I don't know why

I feel this way

I don't know

if it's right or wrong

To laugh at misfortune

Darkness can never last too long

Every time I think I'm falling

And there's nobody around

to hold me up

And it seems like the world

has come to an end

I look for miles

but not a face is friendly

Then suddenly a hole opens up

in the ground

The bottom of the hole

is a raging fire

I try to jump over

but there's no way

The next thing I know,

I'm going down

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

it really doesn't matter

Does it burn?

Oooh,

I don't feel a thing

Does it sting?

Oooh yeah,

it really doesn't matter

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling

And I hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh

When I go down the hole

And I hit the bottom

The last time that I fell in love

The love was milk and honey

But the milk turned sour

The woman became a monster

And everyone I knew

had become a stranger

Now the room went black

and my luck was spent

The floor opened up,

down I went

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

it really doesn't matter

Does it burn?

Oooh,

I don't feel a thing

Does it sting?

Oooh yeah,

it really doesn't matter

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling

And I hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh

When I go down the hole

And hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh,

it only makes me laugh

Only makes me laugh,

comin' right back

Comin' right back,

'cause you can't keep me down

Can't keep me down,

oh in the ground

(Does it hurt?)

Oooh,

it really doesn't matter

(Does it burn?)

Oooh,

don't feel a thing

I don't mind just a little pain

(I...)

Ooh, oh yeah

Whoa

(Ooooooh)

Remembering when I was a young man

How everything seemed

to turn against me

I didn't know a soul

it was an alien place

The sun was covered

by a dark cloud

And though I tried,

I couldn't find a way to escape

The only way to go,

straight down

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

it really doesn't matter

Does it burn?

Oooh,

I don't feel a thing

Does it sting?

Oooh yeah,

it really doesn't matter

Does it hurt?

Oooh,

I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling

And I hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh

When I go down the hole

And I hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh,

it only makes me laugh

It only makes me laugh,

it only makes me laugh

I don't know why

I feel this way

I don't know

if it's right or wrong

To laugh at misfortune

Darkness can never last too long

When you laugh in its face

Ooohh yeah

When you laugh in its face

Huh!

I don't know why

I feel this way

(Only makes me laugh,

only makes me laugh)

I don't know if it's right or wrong

(AH! Only makes me laugh,

only makes me laugh)

To laugh at misfortune

(Only makes me laugh,

only makes me laugh)

Darkness can never last too long

When you laugh in its face

(Oooohh)

When you laugh in its face

album: SO-LO

1984

Danny Elfman\Oingo Boingo

Darth Eggplant · December 24, 2002

Tender Lumplings

Oh, listen, tender lumplings

Let me take your little hand

I'll take you from this hellhole

To the promised land

But don't blame me, oh children

If those promises don't keep

'Cause promises, like lives

Can be bought so very cheap!

Album: Boingo

(Oingo Boingo)

Date: 04/01/1994

Darth Eggplant · December 28, 2002

My Life

I would really like

to know you better

But sometimes I'm afraid

that it's not meant to be

I would like to believe

in something higher

But I can't get a grip

on all the little things

When the night comes

I cannot sit still,

you see

And the years,

they have not been

so kind to me

Got a gallery of figures

standing all in a row

And every single figure

has a soul of its own

But I never look back

Never look back

Don't turn your back on me

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads

Hey, yeah, my life

has begun unfolding

In so many pieces

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads in the wind

Drift away, drift away

There's a time and a place

for understanding

And a time when action

speaks louder than words

And I don't seem to get

no indications

And I don't know how

to get through to you

And when time

like the pyramids

has worn away

All the mountains

and the valleys

of the words that we say

We have got to make sure

that something remains

If we lose each other,

we've got no one to blame

Never look back

Don't turn your back on me

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads

Hey, yeah, my life

has begun unfolding

In so many pieces

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads in the wind

Drift away, drift away

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads

Hey, yeah, my life

has begun unfolding

In so many pieces

Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again

Like so many threads in the wind

So many pieces...

Unraveled again

(Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again)

Unraveled again

(Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again)

Unraveled again

(Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again)

Unraveled again

(Hey, yeah, my life

has come unraveled again)

Unraveled again

album: Boi-ngo

(Oingo Boingo)

1987

Darth Eggplant · January 1, 2003

Insects

Tiny insects in my hair

Tiny insects everywhere

Tiny insects in my pants

Watching insects make romance

Insects make me,

make me want to dance

Dance, dance

They make me want to dance

Dance, dance

Those insects make me

want to dance

Flying insects everywhere

Flying insects buzzing,

buzzing, buzzing through the air

Just like little diamonds in the sky

Insects buzzing in my eye

Buzzing insects make me want to dance

Dance, dance

They make me want to dance

Dance, dance

Those insects make me dance

Dance, dance

They make me want to dance

Dance, dance

Those insects make me

want to dance

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 them

Stomp them while I dance

Dance, dance (Hurt!)

I hurt them while I dance

Dance, dance (Stomp!)

I stomp them while I dance

Dance, dance (Hurt!)

I hurt them while I dance

Dance, dance (Stomp!)

I stomp them while I dance

Dance, dance (Hurt!)

I hurt them while I dance

Dance, dance (Stomp!)

Those insects make me

want to dance

Insects make me scream and shout

They don't know what life's about

They don't have blood

they've got too many legs

They don't have brains

in their heads

They know they'll rule the world someday

They bite and sting me anyway

They bite and sting and suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

They bite and sting and suck,

suck, suck

Dance, dance,

dance (Stomp!)

Those insects make me

album: Nothing To Fear

Oingo Boingo

1982

Darth Eggplant · January 5, 2003

Cinderella Undercover

When I was young,

my mind would always wander away

I couldn't talk,

I never had nothing to say

But now I'm grown

and nothing much seems to have changed

I think I'm going insane,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Is this a fairy tale,

are you the seven dwarves?

Did Snow White really die

while fighting in the war?

They were the only friends I ever trusted

And now they're scattered

and living in the city

Unlisted numbers.. huh!

Cinderella undercover

I say better alive than dead

The war is coming,

there's nothing much that we can do

Stuck in a payphone,

the operator won't let me through

I close my eyes,

the memories burn in my brain

I think I'm going insane,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

A little rumor:

they said it's gone nuclear

I stockpile cigarettes

and double-bolt the door

A sanctuary for all my friends,

stay in bed until the world ends

So please don't wake me,

I've gotta get some sleep!

Cinderella undercover

I say better alive than dead

I think I'm going insane,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Is this a fairy tale?

This can't be real

There's fighting all around,

there's screwing in the fields

The set of values change

when hunger or ambition strikes

Survival is essential

at any cost or any price

The cartoon animals

on Old MacDonald's farm

Are nodding off in hotel rooms

with needles in their arms

The seven dwarves... well,

there's only four alive today

Cinderella is working for the CIA

Cinderella,

the fairy tale's over

You should know

you've got scars to prove it

And your skin isn't

as soft as it used to

But I don't care,

come on and jump in

Cinderella undercover

I say better alive than

Cinderella undercover

I say better alive than

Dead

Oingo Boingo

*I think Only A Lad,

or pre Lad Demo*

Darth Eggplant · January 9, 2003

California Girls

Pluto girls are neat,

but you know they'll eat you up alive

Although they're nice to know,

when it's a thousand below

It isn't easy to survive

(to survive)

Neptune girls are great for dancing

with a dozen arms and legs

They really hold you tight,

and they can boogie all night

But it's so hard to kiss three heads

(kiss three heads)

(Girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(California.. wish they all could be California girls)

Wish they all could be California...

(California girls)

Martian girls are really pretty

with complexions bright and green

But nothing can surpass

an Andromeda lass

I think their pointed heads

are keen (heads are keen)

Hey, Saturn girls are really funny

they can make you laugh to death, ha ha ha

But methane clouds of gas

combined with hydrogen gas

Why it's a chore to take a breath

(Take a breath)

(Girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(California.. Wish they all could be California girls)

Wish they all could be California...

(California girls)

(Girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(California.. Wish they all could be California girls)

Wish they all could be California...

(California girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(California.. Wish they all could be California girls)

Wish they all could be California...

(California girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(California.. Wish they all could be California girls)

Wish they all could be California...

(California girls)

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

I wish they all could be California girls

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

Chicks, chicks, chicks, chicks, chicks, chicks

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

We're chicking pickafornia chicks, chicks, chicks

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

We're chicking pickafornia chicks, chicks, chicks

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig girls)

We're chicking picalifornia chickchickchickchicks

(Girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(Hey!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(Hey!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(Hey!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(-fornia!)

Cali-

(Hey!)

album: Only A Lad

Oingo Boingo

1981

Darth Eggplant · January 13, 2003

Where once was light

Now darkness falls

Where once was love

Love is no more

Don't say - goodbye

Don't say - I didn't try

These tears we cry

Are falling rain

For all the lies

You told us

The hurt, the blame!

And we will weep

To be so alone

We are lost!

We can never go home

So in the end

I will be - what I will be

No loyal friend

Was ever there for me

Now we say - goodbye

We say - you didn't try

These tears you cry

have come to late

Take back the lies

The hurt, the blame!

And you will weep

When you face the end alone

You are lost!

You can never go home

Gollum's Song

Emiliana Torrini

LOTR: The Two Towers

Darth Eggplant · January 19, 2003

Insanity

I'm so sorry

please forgive me

Who do I pray to

to straighten out this problem?

Straighten out this problem,

straighten out my mind

Straighten out this crooked tongue,

this crooked tongue,

this crooked tongue

My mind has wandered

from the straight and narrow

My mind has wandered

from the flock, you see

My mind has wandered,

the man just said so

My mind has wandered,

I heard it on TV

And the flock has wandered

away from me, now

All around the world now

Like a big bright cherry cloud

Travelling from home to home

TV sets and telephones

Here it comes just like a storm

Bathe in it and be reborn

Time to let the world know

Welcome, madness, say hello

Say hello

Like a wave we cannot see

Washing over you and me

Hiding here and hiding there

Madness hiding everywhere

Such a curiosity

Here it comes to set us free

Plenty left for you and me

Say hello, insanity

I am a virus,

are you the cure?

I am morally,

I'm morally impure

I am a disease

and I am unclean

I am not part of God's

well-oiled machine

Christian nation,

assimilate me

Take me in your arms

and set me free

I am part of a degenerate elite, yeah

Draggin' our society into the street

Into the abyss,

into the sewer don't you see

The man just told me,

he told me on TV

and Do you think you're better than me?

Do you wanna kill me

or befriend me?

The alcoholic bastard

waved his finger at me

And his voice was filled

with evangelical glee,

while Sipping down his gin and tonics

While preaching about

the evils of narcotics

And the evils of sex,

and the wages of sin

While he mentally fondles

his next of kin

'cause My mind has wandered

from the flock you see

And the flock has wandered

away from me

And he waved his hypnotizing finger

at me, yeah

Let's imitate reality

- insanity

Let's strive for mediocrity

- insanity

Let's make believe we're all the same

- now that's for me

Let's sanitize our little brains

- insanity

I'd love to take you home with me

and tuck you into bed

I'd love to see what makes you tick

inside your pretty head

I'd love to hear you laugh tonight,

I'd love to hear you weep

I'd love to listen to you

while you're screaming in your sleep

Christian sons,

Christian daughters

Lead me along like

a lamb to the slaughter

Purify my brain

and hose down my soul

White perfection,

perfection is my goal

Do you think you're better than me?

Do you wanna kill me,

or befriend me?

Christian nation,

make us all right

Put us through the filter

and make us pure and white

'Cause my mind has wandered

from the flock, you see

And the flock has wandered away from me

Let's talk of family values

while we sit and watch the slaughter

Hypothetical abortions and imaginary daughters

The white folks think they're at the top,

ask any proud white male

A million years of evolution,

we get Danny Quayle

All around the world now

Like a big bright cherry cloud

Travelling from home to home

TV sets and telephones

Here it comes just like a storm

Bathe in it and be reborn

Time to let the world know

Welcome, madness, say hello

Let's imitate reality

- insanity

Let's strive for mediocrity

- insanity

Let's make believe we're all the same

- now that's for me

Let's sanitize our little brains

- insanity

I'd love to take you home with me,

I'd love to tuck you in

I wish I could protect you

from the wages of our sin

I'd love to hear you scream tonight,

I'd love to hear you cry

Protect you from the madness

that is raining from the sky

Let's imitate reality

- insanity

Let's strive for mediocrity

- insanity

Let's make believe we're all the same

- now that's for me

Let's sanitize our little brains

- insanity

I'd love to take you home with me

and tuck you into bed

I'd love to see what makes you tick

inside your pretty head

I wish that I could keep you

in a precious Chinese box

On Sundays, I would pray for you

so it would never stop

I'd love to hear you laugh tonight,

I'd love to hear you weep

(All around the world now)

I'd love to listen to you

while you're screaming in your sleep

(Like a big bright cherry cloud)

I'd love to soothe you with my voice

and take your hand in mine

(Travelling from home to home)

I'd love to take you past the stars

and out of reach of time

(TV sets and telephones)

I'd love to see inside your mind

and tear it all apart

(Here it comes just like a storm)

To cut you open with a knife

and find your sacred heart

(Bathe in it and be reborn)

I'd love to take your satin dolls

and tear them all to shreds

(Time to let the world know)

I'd love to mess your pretty hair,

I'd love to see you dead

(Welcome madness say hello)

(Say hello)

Dead! (Say hello)

Dead yeah! (Say hello)

(Say hello)

album: Boingo

Oingo Boingo

1994

Darth Eggplant · January 26, 2003

Wild Sex (In The Working Class)

I work so hard

trying to make a few bucks

I pass the hours in a dream

The sweat keeps rolling off

the tip of my nose

There's only one thing,

one thing, one thing

Keeps me on my feet

And I may be

greasing the wheels

Of a noisy factory

Or I may be

hunched over metal machines

Watching the gears

as they move

Just reminds me

of bodies in motion

The sweat and the sound

Makes me think of wild sex

In the working class

After five, it's a gas

Wild sex in the working class

Count minutes,

gonna get home fast

Gonna get home fast

Thinking of your warm skin

While I touch cold steel

The days go by

to the pounding beat

My back is aching so bad

But I'm grit inside

Thinking of you,

thinking of you

Keeps me on my feet

And I may be

greasing the wheels

Of a noisy factory

Or I may be

hunched over metal machines

Watching the gears as they move

Just reminds me of bodies in motion

The sweat and the sound

Makes me think of wild sex

In the working class

After five, it's a gas

Wild sex in the working class

Count minutes,

gonna get home fast

Gonna get home fast

I work so hard

thinking of you

Work so hard

thinking of you

Work so hard

Wild sex

In the working class

After five, it's a gas

Wild sex in the working class

Count minutes,

gonna get home fast

Gonna get home fast

Thinking 'bout wild sex

In the working class

Wild sex, wild sex

album: Nothing To Fear

Oingo Boingo

1982

Darth Eggplant · January 30, 2003

Grey Matter

They say you're stupid

That you're too young to vote

They say you'll swallow anything

that they Choke down your throat

They say that you can't think

That you haven't got a brain

That you're just there to listen

That you're just being trained

There's something inside your head

They say you

lost the ability to even think

That your tiny little brain

slipped down the kitchen sink

They say

that you'll buy anything

that they turn your way

That you'll listen to everything

that they decide to play

There's something inside your head

Grey matter, grey matter oh oh

Ahhhhhhhhhh

I think you like it

Like it

To be told

what to do

Ain't that true?

I think you're better

Better

Better off stone cold dead

Without your head!

They say you're stupid

That you're too young to vote

They say you'll swallow anything

that they Choke down your throat

(If they say) Lie down

(You'll do it if they say)

If they say, "Buy it now"

(You'll do it if they say)

If they say, "Turn around"

(You'll do it if they say)

If they say, "Hit the ground"

(You'll do it if they say)

If they say, "Bite the big weenie"

(Do it, do it, do it)

If they say, "Wasn't that good?"

(Do it, do it, do it, do it)

If they say, "Bend over baby"

(Do it, do it, do it, do it)

If they say, "Take it and like it!"

(Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it)

There's something inside your head

Grey matter, grey matter oh oh

Ahhhhhhhhhh

Grey matter

Ahhhhhhhhhh

Grey matter, grey matter

Grey matter, grey matter ahhh

Grey matter, grey matter

album: Nothing To Fear

Oingo Boingo

1982

Darth Eggplant · February 3, 2003

Nasty Habits

Whahhoa! Hooooo

whoa whoa whoa whoa

Ahhhhh!

Here's something to think about

Where would we be now without

Nasty habits, nasty habits

Makes me want to scream and shout

Life would be so dull without

Nasty habits, nasty habits

All those naughty little things

That we don't discuss publicly

Nasty habits, nasty habits

Tell me your secrets

Tell me your name

Tell me your secrets

Does it please you to employ

Little girls or little boys

Nasty habits, nasty habits

Do you like to romp and play

By yourself when they're away

Nasty affair, what do I care

Do you peek at magazines

Filled with doggies

and leather queens

Nasty habits, nasty habits

Tell me your secrets

That no one should hear

Whisper them softly

Into my ear

I won't tell,

I won't tell

People act so proper

when they're going 'bout their business

Cup of coffee,

friendly conversation

Til they get home,

til they get home

Take the phone off

lock the door

and shut the curtains

Make sure that the neighbors

are without suspicion

No one will know,

no one will know

Nasty habits I must condone

No one knows what I do

when I'm all alone

Nasty habits,

I'm so ashamed...

Nasty habits here to stay

Now they'll never go away

Try and stop you'll have to pay

Nasty habits here to stay

People act so proper

when they're going 'bout their business

Cup of coffee,

friendly conversation

Til they get home,

til they get home

Take the phone off

lock the door

and shut the curtains

Make sure that the neighbors

are without suspicion

No one will know,

no one will know

Nasty habits I must condone

No one knows what I do

when I'm all alone

Nasty habits,

I'm so ashamed

But we must not

let that stop our little game

Nasty habits

are so much fun!

Nasty habits here to stay

Now they'll never go away

Try and stop you'll have to pay

Nasty habits here to stay

album: Only A Lad

Oingo Boingo

1981

Gexx · February 4, 2003

so thats how you got all those posts...

Darth Eggplant · February 4, 2003

well for a while the form was kind of quite,

so I was posting in the Blue Casket, just to kind of keep our forum alive (or as alive) as Grim Fandago site can be. plus I am an Oingo Boingo fan or fanatic, take your pick. also the Blue Casket gets the least posting traffic on the forum and I like to haunt here, and I am doing a public service by educating souls in the ways of Danny Elfman and company.

Darth Eggplant · February 26, 2003

Who Do You Want To Be

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be today?

Do you want to be just like

someone on TV?

Oh boredom is so terrible

It's like a dread disease

And nothing could be worse

Than when there's nothing on TV

I'd rather be a cowboy

Than to stare blank at the walls

I've been reborn so many times

I can't remember them all

And I say

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be today?

Do you want to be just like

someone on TV?

Just like somebody on TV?

I think I'll be a teddy boy

I think I'll be a hunk

I think I'll be a tough guy

And I think I'll be a punk

I might just be a fashion star

All dressed in frilly rags

Or perhaps I'll cross the other side

And walk around in drag!

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be today?

Do you want to be just like

someone on TV?

Just like somebody on TV

Oh yeah!

Do you like to live

just like a rock

In the middle of the sea

Do you want to suffer by yourself

In a pool of blissful misery

Do you feel like a saint

in artist's clothes

With a rosary in your hand

Do you wanna be crazy

like Van Gogh

Like a stranger in a strange,

strange land

Would you rather push the buttons

And be feared by all humanity

Or perhaps you'd like to be a bum

Do you wanna be stupid,

just like me?

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be today?

Do you want to be just like

someone on TV?

Just like somebody on TV?

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be today?

Who do you want to be!

album: Farwell

Oingo Boingo

1996

Darth Eggplant · March 9, 2003

*no song lyrics today just the Faq's*

What is Boingo?

Boingo

(also known as Oingo Boingo)

is an eclectic musical group

from Southern California

that could never really be catagorized,

though people have often tried.

They have recorded 11 albums

since 1980, but have been together

since the mid-1970's.

The names "Boingo",

"Oingo Boingo",

"Mystic Knights",

and

"The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo"

are all synonymous

(essentially the longer the name,

the older the reference)

On occasion they have also used

the alias

"The Clowns of Death"

(usually for private

or "secret" shows).

Boingo

(in all it's monickers)

ceased to exist

after a final run of shows

ending on Halloween 1995.

Who are Oingo Boingo?

(final tour)

Oingo Boingo is/was

Danny Elfman

(leader, songwriter, lead singer,

rhythm guitar, co-arranger)

Steve Bartek

(lead guitar, co-arranger)

John Avila (bass, vocals)

Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez (drums)

Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (horns)

Leon Schneiderman (horns)

Dale Turner (horns

George McMullen (horns)

Warren Fitzgerald (guitar)

Marc Mann (keyboards)

Doug Lacy (accordian, rhythm)

Katurah Clarke (rhythm).

Former

(or session) members include:

Carl Graves

Richard Gibbs

Kerry Hatch

Mike Bacich

Bruce Fowler

Rich Sumner

Willy Winant.

On the average

there are 5-8 members of Boingo,

but there have been as many as 20

playing all sorts of traditional

and not-so-traditional instruments.

What does Oingo Boingo mean?

The name Oingo Boingo

has no specific meaning -

well at least nothing

that anyone involved will admit.

Richard Elfman

(brother of Danny Elfman)

came up with the name.

Originally known as

the Mystic Knights of The Oingo Boingo,

the name was shortened to

Oingo Boingo in 1980

for their first album release.

Shortened again with the release

of their self-titled 1994 album,

they were known by there more

aerodynamic and environmentally

friendly moniker - Boingo.

For nostalgia's sake

(and because the horns returned),

they went back to Oingo Boingo

for their final shows.

"Oingo Boingo means 'the best'

and now the best is no more!"

[Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez].

What albums have Oingo Boingo released?

"Oingo Boingo" [EP] (1980)

"Only A Lad" (1981)

"Nothing To Fear" (1982)

"Good For Your Soul" (1983)

"So-Lo" [Danny Elfman] (1984)

"Dead Man's Party" (1985)

"BOI-NGO" (1987)

"Boingo Alive" (1988)

"Skeletons In The Closet" (1989

"Dark At The End Of The Tunnel" (1990)

"Best O'Boingo" (1991)

"Boingo" (1994)

"Farewell" (1996).

What is Oingo Boingo's

best selling album?

The best selling album is

"Dead Man's Party"

- released in 1985,

it is the bands first

and only album

so far to go gold.

Both "Boingo Alive"

and "Best O'Boingo"

are threatening to go gold soon.

What is Oingo Boingo's

best selling single?

The best selling single

is "Weird Science" -

which was on the

"Dead Man's Party" album

and is the only Oingo Boingo

song to break the Top 40,

"Dead Man's Party"

is probably the next highest

ranked single.

so now you know.

Darth Eggplant · March 17, 2003

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Change

Don't you ever wonder why

nothing ever seems to change

If it does, it's for the worse,

seems it's just a modern curse

Sometimes when I take a peek

outside of my little cage

Everyone looks so asleep

will they die before they wake

and Hey,

don't you know

We're just products of our time

and Hey,

what do you say

Show me yours,

I'll show you mine

Better dumb and happy than

smart and without any friends

Better cute and better loud,

better join up with the crowd

Keep up or be left behind,

there's a dust storm in my mind

Seems I can't see straight these days

doesn't matter anyway

and Hey, don't you know

(Ooh, la la-la)

We're just products of our time

(La la la la la-la la la)

and Hey, what do you say

(Ooh, la la-la)

Show me yours,

I'll show you mine

(La la la la la-la la la)

Hey, what do you say

Please don't ever

Oh, God, here's that question now

The one that makes me go insane

I'd gladly tear my heart out

If you never, never, never,

never Change

Do you want to change?

Do you want to change right now?

Do you want to change?

I like my stupid life

just the way it is

And I wouldn't even change it

for a thousand flying pigs

And I like you

just the way you are

I like your face

just the way it is

And I wouldn't even trade it

for a herd of screaming kids

And I like you

just the way you are

I like you,

though you may not like me back

I would dazzle you with brilliance

if I only had the knack

Cause I like you

just the way you are

I like this life

just the way it is

And the castles all around me

have been melting now for years

And it kills my brain to think

of all the time I wasted here

All the effort, sweat,

and broken hearts,

the screaming and the tears

And I'm dreaming again

And I'm dreaming again...

I'm dreaming again

And I'm dreaming again

I'm dreaming again

And I'm dreaming again

I'm dreaming again

And I'm dreaming again

Floating in a pool of mud,

trying to get back where I was

and I don't really care

Got a little talking-to

by the mirror in my room

and I don't really care

Whispering voices from the dead

come from underneath my bed

and I don't really care

I like my stupid life

just the way it is

And the chaos that surrounds me

like a flock of screaming pigs

And it hurts my brain to think

of all the stupid things I've said

And if I could change the future,

I would change the past instead

And I'm dreamin' again

(Speaking)

Woman: Well, well who else did you know?

What other famous people did you know?

Man: Oh, uh, you name 'em.

Woman: Yes,

Man: I went to, uh South American

with Richard Nixon.

Woman: Oh, yes?

Man: I went to uh...

South America...

Woman: Richard Nixon!?

Man: And it..

and it really wasn't that funny.

Heh...

Woman 2: Did you see the Joneses?

Baby, sometimes I worry 'bout you

Sometimes you're so far away,

tell me what to do

and I say Baby,

sometimes I worry 'bout you

Sometimes I just can't believe

everything you do,

I say Baby,

sometimes I worry 'bout you

Every day I feel the same,

don't you feel it too,

I say Baby,

sometimes I worry 'bout me

(I've been feeling too much pain)

(sometimes I worry about me)

Seems I'm falling down a lot

in between the scenes,

I say Baby,

(Seems I'm falling down a lot)

(never change, never change)

sometimes I worry 'bout me

(Don't you ever wonder why)

(nothing ever seems to change)

Getting harder all the time,

harder now to see,

I say Baby,

(Getting harder all the time)

(never change, never change)

sometimes I worry 'bout me

(Sometimes when I take a peek)

(sometimes I worry about me)

Light another cigarette,

have another dream

(Light another cigarette)

(never change, never change)

It's the same thing every day

Nothing ever seems to change

and I...

Do you really want to,

really want to

Hey, what do you say

Please don't ever

Testaments and growing pains

Tranquilizers for the soul

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Evolution's cruelest joke

Why is everyone upset?

I once knew, but I forget

Something happened, something strange

Something, it appears has changed

and Hey,

don't you know

(Ooh la la-la)

We're just products of our time

and Hey,

what do you say

(La la la la la-la la la)

If I show you yours,

will you show me mine

(La la la la la-la la la la-la la la)

Hey, what do you say

Please don't leave

Oh, God, here's that question now

The one that makes me go insane

I'd gladly tear my heart out

If you never change, never change

Never change, never change

Never, never, never,

never Change

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Oingo Boingo

album: Boingo

1994

Darth Eggplant · April 1, 2003

Elevator Man

I said who's going down

Who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going down

I ride my elevator

through the shafts of your heart

When you climb aboard, baby

- there's no getting off

I'm a silent operator,

won't you please take my hand?

I'm so polite,

I'm the elevator man

Said friction and harmony

Who's gonna ride with me?

I'm the elevator man

Who's going down,

who's coming with me

Who wants to take a chance

on a piece of abstract reality?

It's only just a dance

Won't you come and ride

with the elevator man

I said who's going down,

yeah

Moving slow without a sound

Who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going down

I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going down

Please, pretty baby,

won't you come to me

Won't you let me be your daddy,

come sit here on my knee

Come tell your sugar daddy

all of your fears

Cry for me darling,

let me taste your tears

As they roll down your face

and onto the sand

We're going down together,

I'm the elevator man

Now we're moving slow

without a sound

Going up and going down

Take an intermission while

the bird is in the hand

It's worth two in the bush,

so give yourself a push

Won't you come and ride with

the elevator man

I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going down

Ooh, I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going down

I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going

I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going

Say goodbye to hate,

goodbye to love

Goodbye to the world

that you used to know above

Say goodbye to your mama

and your daddy too

We're going to a place

that you never even knew

'Cause we're moving slow

without a sound

Going up and going down

Take an intermission while

the bird is in the hand

It's worth two in your bush,

so give yourself a push

Wanna take a ride

with the elevator man

Friction and harmony,

who is gonna ride with me

Far across the ocean

on a floating bed of sand

With the eyes towards the empty sky, searching for the big surprise

Who's gonna ride

with the elevator man?

Who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going

I said who's going down,

who's going down, who's going

I said who's going down,

who's going down,

who's going

I said who's going down

Oingo Boingo

(too lazy to look up the album and year)

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