[Verse 1]
E Gm B G# F#7
Just another microcosm somewhere in the ether
E G# C#m A F#7 A
Putting a world to rights with Bing Crosby eyes
G#
Oversharing and its bitter aftertaste
A G# C#m
Exactly the wrong time in exactly the wrong place
E A
Save it for a rainy day
G# C#m C#7
Baby, you go hard in the paint
F#7 B
It's just another race to anyways
[Verse 2]
E C B
Philanthropic toga party
G# F#7 E G#m C#m A F#7
What a place for both the opposite sides of my double life to finally collide
A G# C#m E
Sharing secrets I was taking to the grave
A G# C#m
Nosebleeds from epiphanies I took full in the face
A G# C#m C#7
Oh, come all by the fire, babe, let’s all participate
F#7 B
In yet another race to anyways
G E Gm F# B G# F#7 G#7 E Em F#m7 B7 E
Oh, how's your Mum and Dad been doing with the generation gap?
[Bridge]
E Em F#m7 B7 E
F#m D#m C#m F#m7 B7
[Verse 3]
E A Am
Yeah, I'm behind my movie camera
G#m7 E C#m
I’ve got my megaphone
F#7
You can call me Alexander
Am7
It's nice to meet you all
[Verse 4]
E Em
Listening to the Shipping Forecast
B G# F#7
Driving to the airport
E
Me and the guys
G# C#m7 A F#7 G#7
Metropolis ablaze in the rear view
A E
Devising methods to both have and eat your cake
A E
Mmm, just like the ones that Mother Nature used to bake
A G# C#m7 C#7
You look as if you know exactly what I'm gonna say
F#7 Am
Is just another race to
E D# E
Anyways?