If I wake before the sun rises I remember stories old Told to me by my mother's voice As the sky it turns from blue to gold ♪ She told me of the day she learned That madness is man, oh Madness is a man among us, oh And she let the madness in ♪ Like any other man I have a code And hold my friends to higher standards But out on Ellen's Quay a new crop of kids Every year with louder voices Trying to reach them is like sewing up a geyser 'Cause madness is a man, oh Madness is a man among us, oh They will let the madness in ♪ And then there are those who can make time stop Crush the future into present Your job your house your family Turn to dust in an instant ♪ And a single word from your lover's voice Says madness is a man, oh Madness is a man among us, oh You will let the madness in