[Intro]
(Yeah)
[Scatting]
(Yeah)

[Verse 1]
Welcome to my little world
Completely self-contained, yeah (Yeah)
Your problems, they will soon be gone...
We soak up... (Yeah) Soak up... (Yeah)
Soak up lots of pain, yeah

[Verse 2]
If life is a reflecting pool
Then we are like a sponge, yeah (Yeah)
Absorbing the good with the bad
We soak up... Soak it up! Whoo!

[Verse 3]
So, give me all your troubled thoughts
And baggage you can't handle, no (Yeah)
We'll gladly take it off your back...
We soak up... (Yeah) Soak up... (Yeah)
Soak up lots of pain, yeah

[Chorus]
(Yeah) Is it any wonder, now? (Yeah)
Everybody locks the doors
Strangers
Everybody's all pent up (Yeah)
Getting ready to blow up
[Post-Chorus]
Boys and girls, in a line
Come and get your big reward
You're not too late; just in time
Just put your hand on mine, you're mine
You're mine, oh...

[Verse 4]
When everybody has gone to bed, ooh
(Yeah) I sit up late and watch TV...
And soak up... (Yeah) Soak up... (Yeah)
Soak up lots of pain, yeah

[Verse 5]
Little Junior on the bus
His notebook by his side, yeah (Yeah)
He hardly ever makes a fuss
He soaks up so much pain
(Soak it up!) Whoo!

[Verse 6]
We've traveled far, this monkey and me, ooh
By airplane, boat, and train, yeah (Yeah)
We're here to eat up all your sins...
And soak up... (Yeah) Soak up... (Yeah)
Soak up all your pain, yeah
[Chorus]
Is it any wonder, now (Yeah)
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

[Post-Chorus]
Boys and girls, in a line
Come and get your big reward
You're not too late; just in time
Put your hand on mine, you're mine
You're mine, oh...

[Verse 7]
Boys and girls of every creed, yeah
Religion and persuasion, no (Yeah)
It's time to get up off your knees...
We soak up... (Yeah) Soak it up, whoo!
So, open the door and let me in
Oh, don't question who I am, no (Yeah)
Just shake my hand and give me your name
[Outro]
We soak up... (Soak it up) Soak it up!
Soak up... (Soak it up) Soak it up!
Soak up... (Soak it up) Soak it up!
(Now!) Whoo!