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Who Do You Want To Be? Lyrics

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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.?

Oh boredom is so terrible, it's like a dread disease
Nothing could be worse
than when there's nothing on T.V.
I'd rather be a cowboy than to stare blank at the walls
I've been reborn so many times
I can't remember them all
(And I say)

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Just like someone on T.V.!

I think I'll be a teddy boy, I think I'll be a hunk
I think I'll be a tough guy and I think I'll be a punk
I might just be a fashion star
All dressed in frilly rags
Or perhaps I'll cross the other side
and walk around in
Drag!

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Just like somebody on T.V.!

Do you like to be just like a rock
in the middle of the sea
Do you want to suffer by yourself
in a pool of blissful misery
Do you want to feel like a saint in artists' clothes
With a rosary in your hand
Do you wanna be crazy like Van Gogh like a
stranger in a
Strange, strange land

Would you rather push the buttons
And be feared by all humanity
Or perhaps you'd like to be a bum
Do you wanna be stupid, just like me

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Just like somebody on T.V.!
Who do you want to be . . . . . . .
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Submitted by
cactusdave On Jul 18, 2002
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Cover art for Who Do You Want To Be? lyrics by Oingo Boingo

hey no comments.. I love oingo boing even tho they broke up before i was born and I love the work that elfman does with Burton they make an awesome duo and make great movies

Cover art for Who Do You Want To Be? lyrics by Oingo Boingo

hey no comments.. I love oingo boing even tho they broke up before i was born and I love the work that elfman does with Burton they make an awesome duo and make great movies

Cover art for Who Do You Want To Be? lyrics by Oingo Boingo

I love this song so much. This is diffently one of my favorite songs they have done. My dad introduced me to them. He started dancing to this song when I played on the computer. It was rather funny I must say. And I do agree the Elfman and Burton do great stuff together.

Cover art for Who Do You Want To Be? lyrics by Oingo Boingo

I think this song is about impressionable youth who impersonate people and charactors they see of TV/in the media.

Cover art for Who Do You Want To Be? lyrics by Oingo Boingo

Oh MAN, this song is COOL!

 
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