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Life's been so good to me
Has it been good to you
Has it been everything
That you expected it to be
Was it as good for you
As it was good for me
And was it everything
That it was all set up to be
(Now is that gratitude)
Now is that gratitude
Or is it really love
Some kind of reality
That fits just like a glove
Now is that gratitude
For everything I've done
Or is it something else
That's got me on the run
In the middle of a big tornado
On the tip of everyone's tongue
In the belly of a giant whale
All the girls just wanna have fun
In the look of a frightened neighbor
In a big warm bed at night
In a broken elevator
In the teeth of a dog that bites
In the middle of a revolution
In the look of a child's face
In the silence of the dinner table
In the stillness of disgrace
(I used to eat little girls I knew
for breakfast
I used to fly high up in the sky
I used to chew up rocks and
spit out gravel
I had a heart as cold as ice)
But when I think of you
And what you've done to me
You took away my hope
You took away my fantasy
I once had lots of pride
The world was in my hands
I lived way at the top
Of castles made of sand
Ooh . . .
I dream of you sometimes
Ooh . . .
I dream of you sometimes
In the middle of a big tornado . . .
Life's been so good to me . . .
Has it been good to you
Has it been everything
That you expected it to be
Was it as good for you
As it was good for me
And was it everything
That it was all set up to be
(Now is that gratitude)
Some kind of reality
That fits just like a glove
Now is that gratitude
For everything I've done
Or is it something else
That's got me on the run
On the tip of everyone's tongue
In the belly of a giant whale
All the girls just wanna have fun
In the look of a frightened neighbor
In a big warm bed at night
In a broken elevator
In the teeth of a dog that bites
In the middle of a revolution
In the look of a child's face
In the silence of the dinner table
In the stillness of disgrace
for breakfast
I used to fly high up in the sky
I used to chew up rocks and
spit out gravel
I had a heart as cold as ice)
And what you've done to me
You took away my hope
You took away my fantasy
I once had lots of pride
The world was in my hands
I lived way at the top
Of castles made of sand
I dream of you sometimes
Ooh . . .
I dream of you sometimes
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The whole band backed him, but he had to release a 'solo' album as part of a recording contract.
In essence, it's still a Boingo track, just under Danny's name. The rest of the band played on all his "So Lo" tracks. This has also been included on the "Best O' Boingo" album and also performed on Boingo Alive.
Anyway, the song is about what the title says; gratitude. Talking about if life has gone the way you wanted it to, about if what another person has done to you is gratitude.
The music video for this song has Pan, the Devil, a fortune teller, a faith healer, poker, and an electric chair.
No idea what the video's about
@danielulfman Check out the film "Forbidden Zone"
@danielulfman Check out the film "Forbidden Zone"
I believe they sang this song on the Boingo Alive album, definitely qualifying it as an Oingo Boingo piece (though my understanding is that all the 'So-Lo' pieces were also songs Boingo performed in concert.)
Anyway -- I always got kind of a vibe like this song was about an emotionally abusive relationship, for some reason. The first verse with all its questions ("Was it everything you expected?" etc.) followed by "Now is that gratitude" suggests a negative answer from the female party, for which she's being scolded. The later bit, "I used to eat little girls like you for breakfast..." smacks of more veiled threats from the man. "But when I think of you and what you've done to me/You took away my hope, you took away my fantasy" sounds like it could be a POV switch to the girl's side, responding; or else like it may be the fellow trying to turn the tables and make her feel bad for all the "grief" he accuses her of causing to him for which she should be more grateful.
Nooo this isn't an Oingo Boingo song, this is from Danny Elfman's So-Lo.