Alongside cuts like Teenage Monster and Commando Girls, Cinderella Undercover is one of
Oingo Boingo's earliest songs as a rock band. Unlike its other unreleased contemporaries
however, Cinderella Undercover was finally released in Boingo Alive after eight years in
Boingo Limbo, though it was originally supposed to be a track in More Nervous Energy
(which later became Boi-ngo).

From a tense What You See-esque rhythm to dreamy melodism, from howling to soulful vocals,
this song's various incarnations paint a great picture of Oingo Boingo's evolution.

This is not the first time
You tried to get away
This is not a party
Where people know your name
This is not a classroom
With teacher at the board
This is not a cat show
With prizes at the door

Go, don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day?
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

This is not a horse race
Where winners beat the time
This is not a funeral
With mourners in a line
This is not a sitcom
Where everything's all right
This is not a prison
With terror through the night

Go, don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day?
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night