Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo

Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell
Everyone said if you don't get straight
You'll surely go to hell

But Johnny didn't care
He was an outlaw by the time that he was
Ten years old
He didn't wanna do what he was told
Just a prankster, juvenile gangster

His teachers didn't understand
They kicked him out of school
At a tender early age
Just because he didn't want to learn things
(Had other interests)
He liked to burn things

The lady down the block
She had a radio that Johnny wanted oh so bad
So he took it the first chance he had
Then he shot her in the leg
And this is what she said
Only a lad
You really can't blame him
Only a lad
Society made him
Only a lad
He's our responsibility
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

His parents gave up they couldn't influence his attitude
Nobody could help
The little man had no gratitude

And when he stole the care
Nobody dreamed that he would
Try to take it so far
He didn't mean to hit the poor man
Who had to go and die
It made the judge cry

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

It's not his fault that he can't believe
It's not his fault that he can't behave
Society made him go astray
Perhaps if we're nice he'll go away
Perhaps he'll go away
He'll go away

(Repeat chorus)

Hey there Johnny you really don't fool me
You get away with murder
And you think it's funny
You don't give a damn if we live or if we die
Hey there Johnny boy
I hope you fry!


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  Acapella Ditty   Ain't This the Life   Ain't This The Life   All the Pieces   Animals   Bachelor Party   Ballad Of The Caveman   Better Luck Next Time   Burn Me Up   California Girls   Can't Pretend   Can't See   Can't See (Useless)   Can't See   Capitalism   Change   Cinderella Undercover   Clowns of Death   Commando Girls   Controller   Cool City   Country Sweat   Cry of Vatos   Dead Man's Party   Dead Man's Party   Dead or Alive   Don't Go In The Basement   Don't Go In The Basement   Dream Somehow   Elementary Physics   Elevator Man   Everybody Needs   Faith (Hope)   Fill The Void   Find You   Flesh 'N' Blood   Flesh 'n' Blood   Fool's Paradise   Fool's Paradise   Forbidden Zone   Forbidden Zone (ep)   Freak Show   Gimme A Break   Glory Be   Go Away   Good For Your Soul   Goodbye-Goodbye   Gotta Find My Way Home   Gratitude   Gratitude [Danny Elfman]   Grey Matter   Happy   Head In The Clouds   Heard Somebody Cry   Help Me   Helpless   Hey!   Hold Me Back   Home Again   I Am The Walrus   I Stand Defeated   I Was Always There   I'm Afraid   I'm So Bad   I'm Afraid   I'm So Bad   Imposter   Insanity   Insects   Inside   Is This   Island In The Sea   Islands   It Only Makes Me Laugh   Just Another Day   Kiss My Ass   Kiss My Ass ( 1st Version )   Lap Of Luxury   Lightning   Little Girls   Little Guns   Long Breakdown   Lost Like This   Louise   Mama   Mary   Minnie the Moocher   My Life   Nasty Habits   New Generation   No One Lives Forever   No Spill Blood   Not My Slave   Nothing Bad Ever Happens   Nothing To Fear   Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)   Nothing to Fear(But Fear Itself)   Nuclear Babies   On The Outside   Only Makes Me Laugh   Open Eyes   Out of Control   Outrageous   Pain   Pedestrian Wolves   Perfect System   Pictures of You   Piggies   Private Life   Reptiles and Samurai   Retire   Return of the Dead Man   Return of the Dead Man 2   Rhythm   Right to Know   Run Away   Run Away (The Escape Song)   Running on a Treadmill   Same (Techno) Man I Was Before   Same Man I Was Before   Skin   Some Of These Days   Something Isn't Right   Something Isn't Right   Spider   Squeezit The Moocher (Minnie The Moocher)   Stay   Sucker For Mystery   Sweat   Take Your Medicine   Tender Lumplings   Tender Lumplings Live Intro   The Cat Is Dead   The Last Time   The Winning Side   This Bud's For You!   This Bud's For You!   Tough As Nails   Treadmill   Try to Believe   Violent Love   Vultures   Waiting For You   Wake Up   Wake Up (It's 1984)   War Again   Water   We Close Our Eyes   We Did It There   Weird Science   Weird Science [alternate mix]   Weird Science [From Weird Science]   Weird Science [Weird Science/Soundtrack Version]   What You See   When the Lights Go Out   Where Do All My Friends Go?   Who Do You Want to Be?   Whole Day Off   Why'd We Come   Why'd We Come (All This Way)   Why'd We Come   Wild Sex (In The Working Class)   Winning Side   Witch's Egg   You Got Your Baby Back   You Really Got Me

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