there’s summer madness in the air exasperation, despair, communication breakdown everywhere we have our wires crossed but here’s a language we all understand so why don’t we speak and make things clear - tonight a-a-a-a-a-a-h
there’s summer madness in the air controversial, satirical, all that’s perverse, all hysterical we share a constant craving, the sublime to the ridiculous so we have our feet on common ground - tonight a-a-a-a-a-a-h
laughing crying dying to be happy happy when there’s madness you’ve got to work at working playing living living for the moment - dying dying for the ultimate dream
there’s summer madness in the air capital crimes, political, complex debate all so typical we don’t see eye to eye but there’s a line we all have to draw or we’ll be getting away with murder 4 a-a-a-a-a-a-h
there’s summer madness in the air there’s something changing to the tune we used to whistle to the flags are out, the trumpets blowing, the wind’s changing direction we’re looking towards the new millennium a-a-a-a-a-a-h