Insanity Lyrics - Oingo Boingo

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 

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 

Traveling 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 

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 the 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, dragging our society into the street, yeah 

Into the abyss and to the sewer don't you see 

The man just told me, he told me on TV 

Do you think you're better than me 

Do you want to kill me or befriend me 

And the alcoholic bastard waved his finger at me 

And his voice was filled with evangelical glee now 

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 mental 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 

Let's imitate reality 

Let's strive for mediocrity 

Let's make believe we're all the same 

Let's sanitize our little brains 

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 want to kill me or befriend me 

Christian nation, make us alright 

Put us through the filter and make us pure and white 

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 on imaginary daughters 

The white folks think they're on 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 

Traveling 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 

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 

Let's strive for mediocrity 

Let's make believe we're all the same 

Let's sanitize our little brains 

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 

I'd love to listen to you while you're screaming in your sleep 

I'd love to soothe you with my voice and take your hand in mine 

I'd love to take you past the stars and out of reach of time 

I'd love to see inside your mind and tear it all apart 

To cut you open with a knife and find your sacred heart 

I'd love to take your satin dolls and tear them all to shreds 

I'd love to mess your pretty hair, I'd love to see you dead