Light Romance/Madman
[spoken]
[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, spoken]
Hello. Could I talk to councillor Lyons, please?
[NARRATOR]
There's a girl inside the woman
And the mother she became
And a half-remembered song comes to her lips again
[LINDA, spoken]
Eddie, can I talk to y'? 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
[sung]
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
It's just a light romance
Nothing cruel
They laid no plans
How it came?
Who can explain
They just said "Hello"
And foolishly they gazed
They should've 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
[MRS JOHNSTONE and NARRATOR]
Loving on the never-never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Or the price they're gonna have to pay
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 let's them dance as friends
Then stand apart
As the music ends
[MRS JOHNSTONE and COMPANY]
Loving on the never-never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Or the price they'll have to pay!
[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 runnin' 'round and 'round
Now you know the devil's got your number
He's runnin' right beside ya
He's screamin' deep inside ya
And someone said he's calling your number up today
[spoken]
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Linda!
[LINDA]
Mam, wha'?
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
It's Mickey. Mickey's got a gun!
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
[LINDA]
The town hall!
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man runnin 'round and 'round
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
What?
[LINDA]
Eddie Lyons!
[sung]
[NARRATOR]
Now 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 calling your number up today
Today, today, today, today, today, today...
[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, spoken]
Hello. Could I talk to councillor Lyons, please?
[NARRATOR]
There's a girl inside the woman
And the mother she became
And a half-remembered song comes to her lips again
[LINDA, spoken]
Eddie, can I talk to y'? 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
[sung]
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
It's just a light romance
Nothing cruel
They laid no plans
How it came?
Who can explain
They just said "Hello"
And foolishly they gazed
They should've 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
[MRS JOHNSTONE and NARRATOR]
Loving on the never-never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Or the price they're gonna have to pay
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 let's them dance as friends
Then stand apart
As the music ends
[MRS JOHNSTONE and COMPANY]
Loving on the never-never
Constant as the changing weather
Never sure
Who's at the door
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Or the price they'll have to pay!
[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 runnin' 'round and 'round
Now you know the devil's got your number
He's runnin' right beside ya
He's screamin' deep inside ya
And someone said he's calling your number up today
[spoken]
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Linda!
[LINDA]
Mam, wha'?
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
It's Mickey. Mickey's got a gun!
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
There's a mad man
[LINDA]
The town hall!
[NARRATOR]
There's a mad man runnin 'round and 'round
[MRS JOHNSTONE]
What?
[LINDA]
Eddie Lyons!
[sung]
[NARRATOR]
Now 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 calling your number up today
Today, today, today, today, today, today...