Lyrics: Light Romance - Madman

NARRATOR
There's a girl inside the woman
Who's waiting to get free
She's washed a million dishes
She's always making tea.

They think she's just a mother.
With nothing left inside
Who swapped her dreams for drudgery
The day she was a bride.
But the dreams were not forgotten
Just wrapped, and packed away
In the hope that she could take them out
And dust them off one day.

LINDA
Hello. Could I talk to Councillor Lyons, please?

NARRATOR
There's a girl inside the woman
And the mother she became
A half-remembered song comes to her lips again.

LINDA
Eddie, could I talk to you? Yeah, I remember.

NARRATOR
The girl would sing the melody
But the woman stands in doubt
And wonders what the price would be
For letting the young girl out.

MRS. JOHNSTONE
It's just a light romance
It's nothing cruel.
They had no plans
How it came
Who can explain?
They just said, "Hello"
And foolishly gazed
They should have gone
Their separate ways.

It's just the same, old song
Nothing cruel, nothing wrong
It's just two fools
Who know the rules
But break them all
And grasp at half a chance
To play their part
In a light romance.

Living on the never, never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
Or the price
You're gonna have to pay.

MRS. JOHNSTONE
It's just a secret glance
Across a room
A touch of hands
That part too soon
That same old tune
That always plays
And lets them dance as friends
Then stand apart
As the music ends

Loving on the never never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
Or the price you're gonna have to pay
Mickey...

NARRATOR
There's a man gone mad in the town tonight.
He's gonna shoot somebody down
There's a man gone mad; lost his mind tonight
There's a mad man,
There's a mad man,
There's a mad man running round and round.

Now you know the devil's got your number
He's runnin' right beside you
He's screamin' deep inside you
And someone said he's calling your number.

There's a mad man
There's a mad man
There's a mad man

MRS. JOHNSTONE
Linda. Linda.

LINDA
Mum, Mum ...What's...

MRS. JOHNSTONE
He's... Mickey... Mickey's got a gun...

LINDA
Mickey?... Eddie?.. The town hall...

MRS. JOHNSTONE
What?

LINDA
Eddie Lyons!

NARRATOR
There's a mad man running round and round.
You know the devil's got your number
You know he's right beside you
He's screamin' deep inside you
And someone said he's callin' your number.
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