All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow To no tomorrow, to no tomorrow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you And you find it hard to take You see this world walks in circles It's a very, very mad world Mad world Mad world Mad world Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday And I feel the way that every child should Sit and listen, sit and listen Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, no one knew you and me Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson To look right through me, to look right through you and me And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you And you find it hard to take You see my world walks in circles It's a very, very mad world Mad world Mad world Mad world Enlarging your world Mad world Enlarging your world Mad world