A nightmare that came true (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) A clouded mind won't guide you through Longing for connection (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) But there's no one to get close to (ooh-ooh) The young and restless in the city (ooh-ooh) They overrun the streets at night (ooh-ooh) Buildings bursting into flames (ooh-ooh) While they dance under the lights Oh, it's a mad, mad world A mad, mad world It's a mad, mad world A mad, mad world And it's quiet like a desert road (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) There's nothing here for me anyway No there's nothing natural (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) And her beauty wasn't surface based It get more restless in the city (ooh-ooh) With every day that passes by We're all just candles in the wind (ooh-ooh) Hoping to burn another night Oh, in this mad, mad world This mad, mad world In this mad, mad world Mad, mad world It get more restless in the city With every day that passes by