Completely self contained yeah
Your problems they will soon be gone
We soak up yeah
Soak up yeah
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 yeah
Soak up
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 it's not too late
Just in time
Put your hands 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
Soak up
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
Woo
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 yeah
Soak up yeah
Soak up all your 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 girl
In a line
Come and get your big reward it's not too late
Just in time
Put your hand on mine you're mine you're mine
Boys and girls of every creed
Religion and persuasion no
It's time to get up off your knees
And soak up yeah
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
Soak up
Soak it up
Soak up
Soak it up