Mad Within Reason

YOU CHEWED ON YOUR PENCIL AND TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS
AS I SAT IN THE KITCHEN IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS
THE PRISONERS WERE DRESSED UP LIKE LADIES OF OLD
WHILE THE JUICIEST TIDBITS WILL NEVER BE TOLD
THE CARNIVAL YARDS AND ELECTRIFIED FENCE
ARE THERE FOR THE FIRST ONES WHO DARE TO REPENT

Chorus: AND IT'S MAD MAD MAD, YES IT'S MAD MAD MAD,
WELL IT'S MAD MAD MAD WITHIN REASON

THEY SLAUGHTERED THE MASCOT AND DRESSED FOR THE FEAST
AS THEY ALL SAT ENTWINED FROM THE WORST TO THE LEAST
THE MUSIC WAS SAMPLED FROM BACH TO JAMES BROWN
THEN THEY SADDLED THE MISTRESS AND LOWERED HER DOWN
THE COURT JESTER'S COSTUME WAS HUNG AT HALF MAST
AS WE ALL HAD A DRINK TO THEIR GLORIOUS PAST

(Chorus)

THE SINEWS AND COBWEBS HAVE CLUNG TO OUR LIPS
AND CROSSES AND PISTOLS ARE SLUNG AT OUR HIPS
I CRIED FOR MY SUPPER AND SPAT ON THE PLATE
WHILE EVERYONE TRIED TO BECOME WHAT THEY HATE
THE INDUSTRY CAPTAIN A SMILE ON HIS FACE
SO PROUD OF THE CHANGES HE'S MADE TO THIS PLACE

(Chorus)

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