Inanity Over Christmas

Hello, everyone out there. This is Carl and the rest of Madness

We'd just like to bring you a bit of Christmas cheer

Please remember to keep a smile on your face till the New Year

Hello, this is Woody. And we've got a little song for you. Merry Christmas

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Hiya, Merry Christmas everyone, Mark here. I'm going to play a bit of bass for you now

An insolent speck of youth
Being taken for a walk
So tightly by the ear
That he can hardly talk

Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in the old-fashioned way
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long run

A metropolitan marathon
Has been held today
But who you need to catch
Will be coming the other way

Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in any old way

Down between the sunbeams the moneylenders chat
Hiding in the shade outside a council flat
Kids in the lift looking for things to throw

And practising their aim on the heads below
They make their apologies with the quickness of their feet
Then lost in the heat haze that shimmers across the street

Underfoot the pavement is melting
Crumbling for the luckiest girl
The whole world is melting.

Here they come again hop scotching up to my door
One by one again knockety knock knocking upon my floor
Swinging on my gate they gain entry by the yard
Pulling at my hair they scream paint your thoughts upon my card

But not tonight I've got studies to examine
Tomorrow I'll be watching all the Queen's men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam

(Barson)
It's raining again,
I'm hearing its pitter patter down.
It's wet in the street
Reflecting the lights and splashing feet,
Nowhere to go,
And nothing I have to do, have to do.
It's raining again,
I follow the Christmas lights down town.
I'm leaving the flow
Of people walking all around,
Round and round,
I hear the sound of rain falling in my ears
Washing away the weariness like tears.

Now I see tears you can't hide

Carry the world on your back
Heavy weights tear you apart
Now I see tears you can't hide

Feel in a rage can't speak up for yourself
All that you try to do it's no good anyway
Now I see tears you can't hide

No use saying it's a crime
Voices surround me but they lie, lie

Hold out your hand together make your stand
You may be alone you may feel scared inside

The sweetest girl in all the world
These eyes are for you only
The sweetest girl in all the world
These eyes are for you only
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me

When we walk in the dark
I never can tell
When when we walk in the dark
I never can tell
It's just loving it
Ooh loving it

Please don't go

I used to walk you home
Then walk back alone
As I remember
I just can't remember

I used to walk you home
Then walk back alone
As I remember
I just can't remember

I will admit that there were times
When I was rude and so unkind
But can't we kiss and make amends
Oh why oh why can't we be friends

When we were seen
It was like a dream
Always together
I thought forever

The windows are open wide
Georgie Fame for those outside
And answering the call
Blue flames leap up the wall
Who would have thought it strange
That all of us would change

Out there in the hall
The shadows leave the wall
Then we had the plan
Back when it began
And as we turn we know
That one of us will go

(Would you) dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Over the hills and far away
Arm in arm

Every morning at the break of dawn
Sleeping deeply next to me
To every evening as the sun goes down
Together we stay, together we'll stay

Chorus:

Nobody else to bring you down
Nobody else to be around
This time you're free
Nobody else to draw you away
Nobody else to take you away
This time just you and me

I'm so pleased that you waited for me
And I thought of you oh so much

I'll be your promotional copy in this here number one band
Take your business beyond your furthest dreams sounds
Sounds great sounds really grand but wait
Let us hurry now time is catching up
And it looks like the music hall race has caught me up

But I'll compete (yeah yeah)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (with the rest of the pack)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (on the beat)

No I never heard through the grapevine
How you left long before your time
But in France on the radio
I could not understand a word
But I felt you go
We waited all night for the midnight lover's calling
It was the coldest day of the year
And I'm still thawing

I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing

The government have announced
That London Bridge is to be closed
Under the full moon of May the third
All the light houses and seaside roads
No I never heard I never read in the news

Come on tell me, who's this for ?
Lighting the questions and
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one by

Tap, tap, tap, birds that sing,
Telephone calls that do not ring,

Woohoo woohoo woohoo

Here comes an honest looking man
With his round face and his fat hands
See the news, there he is
With the answers to the last quiz

I can never know what I then knew
In a million years
I can never know what I used to
In a million tears

Turn it on we will see
Everything today
Me and you will lose
Our marbles on the way

I'll remember you forever