Certain leaders build their tools of death   Saying it's all to keep the peace   They're saying one thing doing another   Both sides of the scales of power   The deadly loads increase   Mad world we're living in a mad world   We're living in a mad mad mad mad mad world   As they sit down at the table   Trapping the media's narrow view   They prepare for their intervention   A military masadventure or two   People today ask fewer questions   Accepting the excuses on TV   As negotiations grab the attention   They repeat the lies   Until they sound like the truth   Mad world we're living in a mad world   We're living in a mad mad mad mad mad world