OK, here's a fully checked and annotated version of the lyrics from the
Promo, enjoy!

Madness - Wonderful - 5 Promo Cut Lyrics
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Notation
[] encloses voice or music details
/  is secondary vocals


Johnny the Horse
----------------
Johnny the horse, he passed this way
He died for entertainment

Would you believe he came out well?
He had a bright, inquiring mind
His family knew that he'd go far
If he applied his time

But he started out standing on corners
And talking out loud - too loud
You see he couldn't believe in himself
Or the world or anything he heard

It seems a million years ago
That he left his life behind
The moment came for him to go
He said goodbye to his wife and child

Started out walking
He never looked back
There was too much pain
[upward strings]
Between Glasgow and London
One hot summer he forgot his name

Can you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Can you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Can you remember?

He started out standing on corners
And talking out loud - too loud
You see he couldn't believe in himself
Or the world or anything he heard

Can you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Can you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Will you remember?

[sax solo]

Will you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Can you remember?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

[break]

[Suggs and Chas doing TV like effect together at diff. speeds]
He took his battered bones
And his broken dreams
To Regents Park at sunset

[lovely orchestral bit]

Will you remember?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Will you remember his name?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Will you remember?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Will you remember?

Doodley Doo Doo Doo
Doodley Doodley Doo WOO

Johnny the horse, he passed this way.
He died for entertainment.



Drip Fed Fred
-------------
[Madness sing]
We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
[Dury sings over top at diff. speed]
All stand and raise your champagne glass

[Dury sings]
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
I call upon you this evening
In the hope of shedding some light
I can't go into detail
Or finger unfounded fools
But there are some here amongst us
That are not playing to the rules

I've rounded up the low life and local CID
Offered a free massage
Or else the third degree
There is no simple solution in this life we lead
So make things easy for yourself
To the barrage, concede

[Dury sings in his style]
[Madness singing in their style in background]
[Dury says "our leader", Madness say "for a leader"]
We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass

[Suggs, sounding like TV speaker]
/He shall not prevail entirely
/came the stark warning today
/from his hospital bed 
/drip fed Fred vowed he was here to stay

[Chas, being Fred]
I'll tell you something for nothing
[Suggs, sounding like TV speaker]
/he claimed
[Chas, being Fred]
Never in all my days
Have I felt so intimidated 
By the Cheap tactics on display

MIDDLE EIGHT
[Twinkly piano, Childish Giggles, Muffled Shouting]

CHORAL BIT

[Dury sings in his style]
[Madness singing in their style in background]
[Dury says "our leader", Madness say "for a leader"]
We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass

[Suggs]
/And approaching the pulpit, the right honourable reverend green
[Chas]
We're gathered here this evening
To pay our due respects
To Drip Fed Fred
Who late last night
Fell out of his prison bed
Know the nonce behind it
Who slipped the night PD - ooh
The word is out
And now without doubt
You will answer to me

Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night
I call upon you this evening
In the hope of shedding new light
There is a simple solution
One called on a-mongst thieves
So we'll take pity on your souls
And only cut your knees

CHORAL BIT
[Longer this time and music fades away]

[Brass section now louder]

[Dury sings in his style]
[Madness singing in their style in background]
[Dury says "our leader", Madness say "for a leader"]
We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass

We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass

MIDDLE EIGHT
[Twinkly Piano]

We want Freddy for a leader
Freddy is a man of class
We want Freddy for a leader
All stand and raise your champagne glass



Elysium
--------
Elysium
Is everyone chipping at your cordiality?
Elysium
You stand ice bound to the windy casualty
Elysium
Is everyone nagging at your reason to believe?
Elysium
You stare down from a mound with such hostility

You said to me
Now wipe you eyes
Relax your hand
And come inside
Lift back your head
And swallow your pride
Don't be ashamed
In me confide

Oh - I've seen you pretend
You're happy go lucky
Everything's funky
But in the end
Your manic obsession
Turns to depression

Elysium
Is everyone chipping at your cordiality?
Elysium
You stand ice bound to the windy casualty

Stand back and watch the bright spark fly
To catch a glimpse don't blink an eye
The touch paper wrapped round your soul
Has been lit, let's go with the flow

[Piano Scale Down]
MIDDLE EIGHT (LOW)
[Muffled voices + Strings]
MIDDLE EIGHT (HIGH)
[Fuzzy sustained guitar solo]
[Little burst of Sax]
[Background voices appear]

Elysium
Is everyone tugging at your idea to be free?
Elysium
To cry out, for you sensibility
Elysium
Is everyone chipping at your cordiality?
Elysium
You stand ice bound to the windy casualty

[Upbeat strings]
To the windy casualty
[Downbeat strings]
To the windy casualty
[Upbeat strings]
To the windy casualty
[Downbeat strings]
/It's OK I don't mind
To the windy casualty
[Upbeat Strings]
/It's OK I don't mind
To the windy casualty



Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
------------------------------
/What are you looking at?

I knew you'd come back
We always do
Like thieves
Returning to
The scene of the crime

But let me tell you
Everything has changed
Just everything
Oh, everything has changed
Just everything

It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was something else I meant to say
It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was so much more I meant to say to you

You know they still like to talk about you
But they don't want anything too real
So most of the conversation revolves around
Things that happened 20 years ago at least

They must have told you
Everything has changed
Everything
Oh, everything has changed
Everything

It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was something else I meant to say
It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was so much more I meant to say to you

MIDDLE EIGHT
[Sax solo, then strings fade in, THEN Piano]

It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was so much more I meant to say
It's not Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
There was so much more I meant to say to you

oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh



The Wizard
----------
I can read what's going through your mind
I can see what you hide in your eyes
Yes I'm going to put a spell on you
Just to see exactly what you'll do

I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
And my friend, you'd best beware
There's magic everywhere

Can you see the full moon in the sky
Time like water flows by till we die
Every moment wasted leaves it's mark
The setting sun leaves us standing in the dark

I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
And my friend, you'd best beware
I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
And my friend, you'd best beware
There's magic everywhere

One must forgive them noisy rushing fools
Who have no time for natures natural schools
They cannot see the life that's in their hands
Like ghosts, they disappear across the land

I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
And my friend, you'd best beware
I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a capturer
And my friend, you'd best beware
There's magic everywhere

I'm a w-w-w-wizard
I'm a s-s-s-sinner
I'm a w-w-w-wizard
I'm a s-s-s-sinner
I'm a w-w-w-wizard
I'm a s-s-s-sinner
I'm a w-w-w-wizard
I'm a s-s-s-sinner
I'm a wizard
Y-y-y-y-yeah
Here kitty kitty kitty
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