[Verse 1]
In the morning, reading the paper
Read the front page to the back page
Welcome to the nuclear age
No more time for vicious outrage

[Chorus]
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness

[Verse 2]
Riots in London, riots in Ireland
Riots in Tokyo, riots in Thailand
Riots right here in our homeland
Regan sits behind while sneering
Soviets are domineering
Third world states need engineering
No more time for loving and caring

[Chorus]
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness

[Verse 3]
In the evening, reading the paper
Read the front page through the back page
Welcome to the modern age
It's the very late disgrace

[Chorus]
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness

Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness