"This is a mad house," she goes straight for the palm   "You'll be luck to make it till Tuesday"      I say "You must be joking, the idea's absurd"   But the picture's hanging on her every word   But she comes right back, her black velvet cat   Has gone smiled all over the carpet   He says "I know my rights, I've got nothing to say"   But he cried all night on the night 'n' day      I've seen the naked flame   And I'm turning my eyes away      "Yes it's a mad house," the minister shouts   But his words drown out in the crowd   He says "I open my mouth and some idiot speaks"   So he strikes the service for another two weeks   Then the party's over, it's a free-for-all   I'm under the table, I got my foot in the door   Well she's a natural leader, and she's bound to win   She's just waiting for the burning to begin      I've seen the naked flame   It's gonna burn me again   I'm dying down in the rain   And I'm turning my eyes away