Madge-Stephen Bishop

[ti:Madge] [ar:Stephen Bishop] [al:The Best of Stephen Bishop 20t] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.71]Madge [00:01.84] [00:11.14]It was 1927 [00:13.88]Had the world at my feet [00:15.82] [00:18.50]A pretty girl on each arm [00:20.43]My family was so proud of me [00:22.73] [00:25.85]I built a lot of buildings [00:28.59]Tore half of 'em down [00:30.90] [00:33.27]One by one [00:34.08]They all crumbled just like me [00:37.14] [00:39.70]But like a storm in a teacup [00:42.07] [00:43.51]Like a smile sent down from heaven [00:46.33] [00:47.95]Madge I loved you then [00:49.77] [00:50.39]And I love you now [00:52.60] [01:09.20]We ate in the finest restaurants [01:12.13] [01:13.63]Had the wealthiest friends [01:14.88] [01:16.56]Most of them are gone now [01:18.67]No one left to say I knew you whe [01:21.32] [01:23.95]It seems so long since I've remembered [01:26.32] [01:26.88]The girl I used to know [01:28.56] [01:31.37]She never saw any of my money [01:33.88] [01:34.57]But she watched it come and go [01:36.40] [01:38.14]Like a storm in a teacup [01:40.29] [01:41.73]Like a smile sent down from heaven [01:44.35] [01:45.85]Madge I loved you then [01:47.66] [01:48.28]And I love you now [01:50.34] [01:54.61]They call this place Sunnyside [01:57.05] [01:58.17]But I ain't seen the sun [01:59.85]In a long long time [02:01.10] [02:01.85]And my hands don't seem too steady now [02:03.91] [02:05.59]But they're still holding onto you [02:07.72] [02:37.92]Madge she's probably married now [02:40.23] [02:40.85]In a nice white house [02:42.72] [02:45.16]And me I just sit here in my room [02:48.28] [02:48.84]Quiet as a mouse [02:50.27] [02:53.33]But I got my TV turned up loud [02:56.33]I'm not going to hear myself retreat [02:58.32] [03:00.93]If only I'd have kept her [03:02.68] [03:04.31]I'd have stayed on my feet [03:07.94]Like a storm in a teacup [03:09.94] [03:11.56]Like a smile sent down from heaven [03:14.12] [03:16.05]Madge I loved you then and I love you now