[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?
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