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 (Chorus) Is it any wonder now-everybody goes insane Everybody locks the door 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 Your'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 t.v. (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 all your pain), yeah (Chorus) Boys and girls of every creed--religion and persuasion, nooo It's time to get up off your knees...we soak up...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 up...soak it up...)
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