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Maintain the Madness Lyrics by The Jane Austen Argument

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

2012

[Verse 1]
I went to New York and paid lots of money
To stay in the silence and not play for anyone
I picked up a bar tab and drank myself stupid
I flirted with strangers just to feel attractive
I stood on a rooftop and looked to the skyline
The clouds started rolling in as I start to say
Goodbye to my grandfather who's at home dying
The rain started in, and I was left crying
[Chorus]
Cos I've got to maintain the madness
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
I’ve got to keep the momentum rolling along
So that no-one can stop me
No-one can drag me
Home
[Verse 2]
And I went to San Francisco with my best friend
To sing in a bar full of gay men who wanted me
But they did not know me, though they thought I sang pretty
I made love to the microphone so they would not feel
So empty inside on this wintery night
In this city of madmen and loners and stoners
And lovers forgotten in favor of rotten misfortunes with money
But I still went home alone
[Chorus]
Cos I’ve got to maintain the madness
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
I’ve got to keep the momentum rolling along
So that no-one can stop me
No-one can drag me
Home
[Bridge]
But now I'm here in Boston
In love with Downtown Crossing
In this very room where some of my favorite songs have been written
I'm writing this one
To sing and remember
These days in December
Where I have surrendered
I'm not pretending
To stay still
To stay still
And so next week I'll go to Iceland
Then onto London
And into the arms of my favorite stranger
Oh, and then onwards
Cos I cannot I will not I cannot I will not I will not I cannot
[Chorus 2]
I will never stop, oh, maintaining the madness
Cos I’ve got to maintain the madness
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
I’ve got to keep the momentum rolling along
So that no-one can stop me
No-one can drag me
Home
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The Jane Austen Argument

The Jane Austen Argument

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"Maintain the Madness" appears on "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" in 2012.

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