Madness

White Heat

Madness


Down between the sunbeams the moneylenders chat 
Hiding in the shade outside a council flat 
Kids in the lift looking for things to throw 

And practising their aim on the heads below 
They make their apologies with the quickness of their feet 
Then lost in the heat haze that shimmers across the street 

Underfoot the pavement is melting 
Crumbling for the luckiest girl 
The whole world is melting. 

(White white heat) 
I'm still not in until a week next Wednesday 
I'm holidaying on the roof ©til the big bad wolf goes away 

In the street the pavement is melting 
Crumbling for the luckiest girl 
The whole world is melting. 

White heat turns the street upside down. 

Down between the sunbeams the debt collectors chat, chat, chat, chat, 
Hiding in the shade outside a council flat 
By the hairs on my chinny chin chin 
I shall not let you in. 

In the street the pavement is melting 
Crumbling for the luckiest girl 
The whole world is melting. 

(For the luckiest girl in all the world) 
(White, white heat)