Maintain the Madness

[00:02.10] I went to New York and paid lots of money
[00:05.55] To stay in the silence and not play for anyone
[00:09.11] I picked up a bar tab and drank myself stupid
[00:13.57] I flirted with strangers just to feel attractive
[00:17.32] I stood on a rooftop pulled into the skyline
[00:21.76] The clouds started rolling as I started to say
[00:25.58] Goodbye to my grandfather whos at home dying
[00:29.29] The rain started in and I was left crying
[00:34.57] Ive got to maintain the madness
[00:37.80] Just so the stillness makes sense to me
[00:42.53] And Ive got to keep the momentum
[00:45.51] Rolling along so that no one can stop me
[00:49.81] No one can drag me
[00:53.78] Home
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[01:03.10] And I went to San Francisco with my best friend
[01:07.05] To sing in a bar full of gay men who wanted me
[01:11.46] But they did not know me, they thought I sang pretty
[01:15.25] I made love to the microphone so they would not feel so empty inside
[01:21.25] On this wintery night
[01:25.28] In this city of madmen and loners and stoners and lovers
[01:29.42] Forgotten in favour of rotten misfortunes with money
[01:33.02] But I still went home alone
[01:36.53] Ive got to maintain the madness
[01:39.68] Just so the stillness makes sense to me
[01:44.73] And Ive got to keep the momentum
[01:47.60] Rolling along so that no one can stop me
[01:51.42] No one can drag me
[01:55.83] Home
[02:01.54]
[02:04.38] But now Im here in Boston
[02:14.17] In love with downtown crossings
[02:27.05] And in this very room where some of my favourite songs have been written
[02:32.69] Im writing this one to sing and remember these days in December
[02:38.13] I have surrendered
[02:40.07] Im not pretending to stay still
[02:49.16] To stay still
[02:59.15] And so next week Ill go to Iceland
[03:02.53] But then on to London
[03:05.35] And into the arms of my favourite stranger
[03:09.24] But then onwards cos I cannot, I will not, I will not
[03:15.30] I cannot, I cannot, I will not, I will not
[03:18.46] I cannot, I will never stop
[03:22.87] Oh Im maintaining the madness
[03:25.02] Just so the stillness makes sense to me
[03:29.18] And I've got to keep the momentum
[03:32.15] Rolling along so that no one can stop me
[03:35.41] No one can drag me
[03:39.03] Ho,ho. ho. ho, ho, ho. ho,ho home
[03:44.41] Ho. ho. ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,ho home
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