Released: May 30, 1989
Songwriter: Bruce Sudano Michael Omartian Jermaine Jackson
Producer: Michael Omartian
[Tito, spoken]
The quality of mercy is not strained
It drops like the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath
It is twice blessed
It blesses us with art
It blesses me with madness
[Tito, singing]
I can't help the things I do
Though they might seem strange to you
Got my mind just spinnin' round
Inside, outside, upside down
[Jermaine]
There's an art to all this madness
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reason
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
[Jermaine]
People just can't understand
They don't think I'm a normal man
[Tito]
So tell me, why do they walk around
Using half of their brain?
[Jermaine]
You tell me now who's insane
There's an art to all this madness
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reasons
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's an art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
Art of madness
Art of madness, ooh
Art of madness
[Tito, spoken]
You got a problem son
I don't know you no more
What you gonna do?
[Tito singing]
I went to the doctor the other day
Just to make sure if I was okay (How you feel, son?)
[Jermaine]
The diagnosis said I was totally insane
I found out the doctor used half of his brain
There's an art to all this madness (I'm not crazy)
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reason
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's an art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
Art of madness
Art of madness, ooh
Art of madness
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
The quality of mercy is not strained
It drops like the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath
It is twice blessed
It blesses us with art
It blesses me with madness
[Tito, singing]
I can't help the things I do
Though they might seem strange to you
Got my mind just spinnin' round
Inside, outside, upside down
[Jermaine]
There's an art to all this madness
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reason
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
[Jermaine]
People just can't understand
They don't think I'm a normal man
[Tito]
So tell me, why do they walk around
Using half of their brain?
[Jermaine]
You tell me now who's insane
There's an art to all this madness
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reasons
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's an art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
Art of madness
Art of madness, ooh
Art of madness
[Tito, spoken]
You got a problem son
I don't know you no more
What you gonna do?
[Tito singing]
I went to the doctor the other day
Just to make sure if I was okay (How you feel, son?)
[Jermaine]
The diagnosis said I was totally insane
I found out the doctor used half of his brain
There's an art to all this madness (I'm not crazy)
Though it seems insane to you
There's a rhyme to all the reason
In everything I do
Have you any imagination
Of what I'm goin' through
There's an art to all this madness
I'm just crazy over you
Art of madness
Art of madness, ooh
Art of madness
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Art to all this madness (Art to all this madness)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Crazy 'bout you baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Art to my madness
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