In the morning, read the paper
Read the front page, read the back page
"Welcome to the nuclear age"
No more time for vicious outrage
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Write to London, write to Ireland
Write to Tokyo, write to Thailand
Write us right here in our homeland
Reagan sits behind walls sneering
Soviets are domineering
Third world states need engineering
No more time for loving and caring
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
In the evening, reading the paper
Read the front page through the back page
"Welcome to the modern age"
It's the very latest craze
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Same old madness
Over and over and over and over...