The opening track to Oingo Boingo’s fourth official studio album (with some fans counting Danny Elfman’s 1984 album So-Lo as an ‘unofficial’ entry into the Boingo canon, as it featured most of the band as well), Just Another Day tells the story of a character not too dissimilar from the protagonists...
[Intro]
(There's life underground)
[Verse 1]
Ooooo
I feel it all around
I feel it in my bones
My life is on the line
When I'm away from home
When I step out the door
The jungle is alive
I do not trust my ears
I don't believe my eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
I will not fall in love
I cannot risk the bet
'Cause hearts are fragile toys
So easy to forget
[Verse 2]
It's just another day
There's murder in the air
It drags me when I walk
I smell it everywhere
It's just another day
Where people cling to light
To drive away the fear
That comes with every night
[Chorus]
(It's just another...) It's just another day
(It's just another day) It's just another day
(It's just another...) It's just another day
(It's just another day) It's just another day
It's just another day
When people wake from dreams
The voices in their ears
That will not go away
[Verse 3]
Ooooh
I had a dream last night:
The world was set on fire
And everywhere I ran
There wasn't any water
The temperature increased
The sky was crimson red
The clouds turned into smoke
And everyone was dead
[Bridge]
(But) There's a smile on my face...
For everyone
There's a golden coin...
That reflects the sun
There's a lonely place...
That's always cold
There's a place in the stars...
For when you get old
Oooh
Oh, oh,…
Ahhhh
[Chorus]
(It's just another...) It's just another day
(It's just another...) It's just another day
[Verse 4]
There's razors in my bed
That come out late at night
They always disappear
Before the morning light
I'm dreaming again
Of life underground
It doesn't ever move
It doesn't make a sound
[Pre-Chorus]
And just when I think
That things are in their place
The heavens are secure
The whole thing explodes in my face
[Chorus]
(It's just another...) It's just another day
(It's just another day) It's just another day
(It's just another...) It's just another day
(It's just another day) It's just another day
There's a smile on my face... (It's just another day)
For everyone (It's just another day)
There's a golden coin... (It's just another day)
That reflects the sun (It's just another day)
There's a lonely place... (It's just another day)
That's always cold (It's just another day)
There's a place in the stars... (It's just another day)
For when you get old (It's just another day)
[Outro]
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
(It's just another day, it's just another day)
Just Another Day was written by Danny Elfman.
Just Another Day was produced by Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek.
Oingo Boingo released Just Another Day on Tue Jan 28 1986.