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Here it comes, just like a storm
Bathe in it and be reborn
Time to let the world know
Welcome madness, say hello
Song: Insanity
Album: Boingo
Bathe in it and be reborn
Time to let the world know
Welcome madness, say hello
Song: Insanity
Album: Boingo
Insanity at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here it comes, just like a storm
Bathe in it and be reborn
Time to let the world know
Welcome madness, say hello
Song: Insanity
Album: Boingo
Bathe in it and be reborn
Time to let the world know
Welcome madness, say hello
Song: Insanity
Album: Boingo
Everyone says we've come such a long, long way
We're civilized; isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to blow the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together? Ha!
Song: Why'd We Come
Album: Nothing To Fear
We're civilized; isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to blow the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together? Ha!
Song: Why'd We Come
Album: Nothing To Fear
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December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Everyone says we've come such a long, long way
We're civilized; isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to blow the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together? Ha!
Song: Why'd We Come
Album: Nothing To Fear
We're civilized; isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to blow the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together? Ha!
Song: Why'd We Come
Album: Nothing To Fear
Once there was a man who decided he knew everything
Once there was a book that he threw in my face
Once there was an angry mob that marched
Up and down the street
Don't ya know they all called my name
What do they want from me?
Song: Fill The Void
Album: Good For Your Soul
Once there was a book that he threw in my face
Once there was an angry mob that marched
Up and down the street
Don't ya know they all called my name
What do they want from me?
Song: Fill The Void
Album: Good For Your Soul
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December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Once there was a man who decided he knew everything
Once there was a book that he threw in my face
Once there was an angry mob that marched
Up and down the street
Don't ya know they all called my name
What do they want from me?
Song: Fill The Void
Album: Good For Your Soul
Once there was a book that he threw in my face
Once there was an angry mob that marched
Up and down the street
Don't ya know they all called my name
What do they want from me?
Song: Fill The Void
Album: Good For Your Soul
They're gonna happen to the other side
They're gonna happen to somebody
They're gonna happen to the kids, to the people next door
And it really ain't funny
Song: Outrageous
Album: Boi-ngo
They're gonna happen to somebody
They're gonna happen to the kids, to the people next door
And it really ain't funny
Song: Outrageous
Album: Boi-ngo
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
They're gonna happen to the other side
They're gonna happen to somebody
They're gonna happen to the kids, to the people next door
And it really ain't funny
Song: Outrageous
Album: Boi-ngo
They're gonna happen to somebody
They're gonna happen to the kids, to the people next door
And it really ain't funny
Song: Outrageous
Album: Boi-ngo
You've got me so I'm running round and round in circles
You've got me so I can't see my own face
You've got me so I feel I've been like this forever
You've got me so I'm crazy with disgrace
Song: Running On A Treadmill
Album: Nothing To Fear
You've got me so I can't see my own face
You've got me so I feel I've been like this forever
You've got me so I'm crazy with disgrace
Song: Running On A Treadmill
Album: Nothing To Fear
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December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
You've got me so I'm running round and round in circles
You've got me so I can't see my own face
You've got me so I feel I've been like this forever
You've got me so I'm crazy with disgrace
Song: Running On A Treadmill
Album: Nothing To Fear
You've got me so I can't see my own face
You've got me so I feel I've been like this forever
You've got me so I'm crazy with disgrace
Song: Running On A Treadmill
Album: Nothing To Fear
Do you feel the power?
Do you feel the power?
From the man whose voice sounds reassuring
Completely firm and so alluring
Like he's lived a thousand times before
And seen the world shore to shore
With the calmness and tranquility
That oozes credibility
Song: New Generation
Album: Boi-ngo
Do you feel the power?
From the man whose voice sounds reassuring
Completely firm and so alluring
Like he's lived a thousand times before
And seen the world shore to shore
With the calmness and tranquility
That oozes credibility
Song: New Generation
Album: Boi-ngo
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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Do you feel the power?
Do you feel the power?
From the man whose voice sounds reassuring
Completely firm and so alluring
Like he's lived a thousand times before
And seen the world shore to shore
With the calmness and tranquility
That oozes credibility
Song: New Generation
Album: Boi-ngo
Do you feel the power?
From the man whose voice sounds reassuring
Completely firm and so alluring
Like he's lived a thousand times before
And seen the world shore to shore
With the calmness and tranquility
That oozes credibility
Song: New Generation
Album: Boi-ngo
Only a lad
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, whoa whoa whoa
Song: Only A Lad
Album: Demo EP
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, whoa whoa whoa
Song: Only A Lad
Album: Demo EP
Only A Lad at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Only a lad
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, whoa whoa whoa
Song: Only A Lad
Album: Demo EP
He really couldn't help it
Only a lad
He didn't want to do it
Only a lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, whoa whoa whoa
Song: Only A Lad
Album: Demo EP
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
...
Song: Private Life
Album: Nothing To Fear
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
...
Song: Private Life
Album: Nothing To Fear
Private Life at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
...
Song: Private Life
Album: Nothing To Fear
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
This is my private life
(This is my private life)
Come and get me out of here
(This is my private life)
...
Song: Private Life
Album: Nothing To Fear
In the darkness, undercover
We may bump into each other
In the darkness, undercover
Looking for a new direction
We may wander, we may wander
In geometric patterns
In a long, long, long, long breakdown
...
Song: Long Breakdown
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
We may bump into each other
In the darkness, undercover
Looking for a new direction
We may wander, we may wander
In geometric patterns
In a long, long, long, long breakdown
...
Song: Long Breakdown
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In the darkness, undercover
We may bump into each other
In the darkness, undercover
Looking for a new direction
We may wander, we may wander
In geometric patterns
In a long, long, long, long breakdown
...
Song: Long Breakdown
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
We may bump into each other
In the darkness, undercover
Looking for a new direction
We may wander, we may wander
In geometric patterns
In a long, long, long, long breakdown
...
Song: Long Breakdown
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
I'm dreaming again
Of life underground
It doesn't ever move
It doesn't make a sound
Song: Just Another Day
Album: Dead Man's Party
Of life underground
It doesn't ever move
It doesn't make a sound
Song: Just Another Day
Album: Dead Man's Party
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I'm dreaming again
Of life underground
It doesn't ever move
It doesn't make a sound
Song: Just Another Day
Album: Dead Man's Party
Of life underground
It doesn't ever move
It doesn't make a sound
Song: Just Another Day
Album: Dead Man's Party
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: Country Sweat
Album: Boingo Alive
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: Country Sweat
Album: Boingo Alive
Country Sweat at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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: Country Sweat
Album: Boingo Alive
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: Country Sweat
Album: Boingo Alive
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Song: Weird Science
Album: Dead Man's Party
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Song: Weird Science
Album: Dead Man's Party
Weird Science at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Song: Weird Science
Album: Dead Man's Party
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Bits and pieces and
Song: Weird Science
Album: Dead Man's Party
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
...
Song: Everybody Needs
Album: So-Lo
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
...
Song: Everybody Needs
Album: So-Lo
Everybody Needs at Youtube
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December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
...
Song: Everybody Needs
Album: So-Lo
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
Everybody needs it (Everybody needs it)
Everybody needs (Everybody needs)
...
Song: Everybody Needs
Album: So-Lo
And I don't belong here
I don't belong here
It's all a mistake
I was destined for greatness
A leader, a prophet
They're just too blind to notice
Song: Helpless
Album: Boingo
I don't belong here
It's all a mistake
I was destined for greatness
A leader, a prophet
They're just too blind to notice
Song: Helpless
Album: Boingo
Helpless at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
And I don't belong here
I don't belong here
It's all a mistake
I was destined for greatness
A leader, a prophet
They're just too blind to notice
Song: Helpless
Album: Boingo
I don't belong here
It's all a mistake
I was destined for greatness
A leader, a prophet
They're just too blind to notice
Song: Helpless
Album: Boingo
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 T.V.?
Just like somebody on T.V.!
Song: Who Do You Want To Be
Album: Good For Your Soul
Who do you want to be?
Who do you want to be today?
Do you want to be just like someone on T.V.?
Just like somebody on T.V.!
Song: Who Do You Want To Be
Album: Good For Your Soul
Who Do You Want To Be at Youtube
Who Do You Want To Be at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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 T.V.?
Just like somebody on T.V.!
Song: Who Do You Want To Be
Album: Good For Your Soul
Who do you want to be?
Who do you want to be today?
Do you want to be just like someone on T.V.?
Just like somebody on T.V.!
Song: Who Do You Want To Be
Album: Good For Your Soul
Here we go, watching CNN
The adrenaline rushes through my veins now
Don't you know it's a feel-good show
Electronic bliss
It's a video, a video
Song: War Again
Album: Boingo
The adrenaline rushes through my veins now
Don't you know it's a feel-good show
Electronic bliss
It's a video, a video
Song: War Again
Album: Boingo
War Again at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here we go, watching CNN
The adrenaline rushes through my veins now
Don't you know it's a feel-good show
Electronic bliss
It's a video, a video
Song: War Again
Album: Boingo
The adrenaline rushes through my veins now
Don't you know it's a feel-good show
Electronic bliss
It's a video, a video
Song: War Again
Album: Boingo
And we'll move upon the world
In a massive tidal wave
And we'll shout and make some noise, yeah
Shout and make some noise
Because after all, we are only boys
Because after all, we are only boys will be boys
Song: Clowns Of Death
Album: Farewell
In a massive tidal wave
And we'll shout and make some noise, yeah
Shout and make some noise
Because after all, we are only boys
Because after all, we are only boys will be boys
Song: Clowns Of Death
Album: Farewell
Clowns Of Death at Youtube
Clowns Of Death at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And we'll move upon the world
In a massive tidal wave
And we'll shout and make some noise, yeah
Shout and make some noise
Because after all, we are only boys
Because after all, we are only boys will be boys
Song: Clowns Of Death
Album: Farewell
In a massive tidal wave
And we'll shout and make some noise, yeah
Shout and make some noise
Because after all, we are only boys
Because after all, we are only boys will be boys
Song: Clowns Of Death
Album: Farewell
Hey, hey, hey, yay, hey
Hey, hey, hey, yay, yeah
And all I really want is all those things that I can't have
What I really want is to have you so bad
I'm so jealous, I can barely see straight from my head
And it burns from the inside 'till I wish I was dead
Song: Hey!
Album: Boingo
Hey, hey, hey, yay, yeah
And all I really want is all those things that I can't have
What I really want is to have you so bad
I'm so jealous, I can barely see straight from my head
And it burns from the inside 'till I wish I was dead
Song: Hey!
Album: Boingo
Hey! at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey, hey, hey, yay, hey
Hey, hey, hey, yay, yeah
And all I really want is all those things that I can't have
What I really want is to have you so bad
I'm so jealous, I can barely see straight from my head
And it burns from the inside 'till I wish I was dead
Song: Hey!
Album: Boingo
Hey, hey, hey, yay, yeah
And all I really want is all those things that I can't have
What I really want is to have you so bad
I'm so jealous, I can barely see straight from my head
And it burns from the inside 'till I wish I was dead
Song: Hey!
Album: Boingo
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
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
Tough As Nails at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
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
When the big man fell with a secret on his lips
So close, so close
'Til the bullet gave his kiss
The world cried out loud, the rest is history
No one knows what's on his mind
Except him and his monkey, come on
Come on
Song: Right To Know
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
So close, so close
'Til the bullet gave his kiss
The world cried out loud, the rest is history
No one knows what's on his mind
Except him and his monkey, come on
Come on
Song: Right To Know
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
Right To Know at Youtube
Right To Know at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When the big man fell with a secret on his lips
So close, so close
'Til the bullet gave his kiss
The world cried out loud, the rest is history
No one knows what's on his mind
Except him and his monkey, come on
Come on
Song: Right To Know
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
So close, so close
'Til the bullet gave his kiss
The world cried out loud, the rest is history
No one knows what's on his mind
Except him and his monkey, come on
Come on
Song: Right To Know
Album: Dark At The End Of The Tunnel
It's the '80s, idiot
(idiot idiot)
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
It's the '80s, little fool
(little fool little fool)
Don't forget the Golden Rule
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
...
Song: What You See
Album: Only A Lad
(idiot idiot)
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
It's the '80s, little fool
(little fool little fool)
Don't forget the Golden Rule
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
...
Song: What You See
Album: Only A Lad
What You See at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's the '80s, idiot
(idiot idiot)
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
It's the '80s, little fool
(little fool little fool)
Don't forget the Golden Rule
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
...
Song: What You See
Album: Only A Lad
(idiot idiot)
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
It's the '80s, little fool
(little fool little fool)
Don't forget the Golden Rule
What you see is what you get
(what you get is what you get)
...
Song: What You See
Album: Only A Lad
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
Song: Can't See (Useless)
Album: Boingo
And I can't control myself anyway
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
Song: Can't See (Useless)
Album: Boingo
Can't See (Useless) at Youtube
Can't See (Useless) at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
Song: Can't See (Useless)
Album: Boingo
And I can't control myself anyway
And I don't know why I feel this way
And I can't control myself anyway
Song: Can't See (Useless)
Album: Boingo
Islands in the sea
Are so much like me
They don't ever change
No emotion, no emotion
Song: Islands
Album: Nothing To Fear
Are so much like me
They don't ever change
No emotion, no emotion
Song: Islands
Album: Nothing To Fear
Islands at Youtube
Islands at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Islands in the sea
Are so much like me
They don't ever change
No emotion, no emotion
Song: Islands
Album: Nothing To Fear
Are so much like me
They don't ever change
No emotion, no emotion
Song: Islands
Album: Nothing To Fear
Dirty stains
On brand new linen
Fresh tracks
On virgin snow
Song: Fool's Paradise
Album: Dead Man's Party
On brand new linen
Fresh tracks
On virgin snow
Song: Fool's Paradise
Album: Dead Man's Party
Fool's Paradise at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dirty stains
On brand new linen
Fresh tracks
On virgin snow
Song: Fool's Paradise
Album: Dead Man's Party
On brand new linen
Fresh tracks
On virgin snow
Song: Fool's Paradise
Album: Dead Man's Party
Animals came from miles around
So tired of walking so close toe the ground
They needed a change, that's what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
But they were in for a big surprise
'Cause they didn't know the law!
Song: No Spill Blood
Album: Good For Your Soul
So tired of walking so close toe the ground
They needed a change, that's what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
But they were in for a big surprise
'Cause they didn't know the law!
Song: No Spill Blood
Album: Good For Your Soul
No Spill Blood at Youtube
No Spill Blood at Youtube
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December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Animals came from miles around
So tired of walking so close toe the ground
They needed a change, that's what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
But they were in for a big surprise
'Cause they didn't know the law!
Song: No Spill Blood
Album: Good For Your Soul
So tired of walking so close toe the ground
They needed a change, that's what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
But they were in for a big surprise
'Cause they didn't know the law!
Song: No Spill Blood
Album: Good For Your Soul