A         Dm           C
I went to New York and paid lots of money
   G                       A
To stay in the silence and not play for anyone
  Dm                      C
I picked up a bar tab and drank myself stupid
  G                           A
I flirted with strangers just to feel attractive
  Dm                     C
I stood on a rooftop and looked to the skyline
    G                        A
The cloud started rolling in as I start to say
     Dm                                   C
"Goodbye" to my grandfather who's at home dying
    G                   A
The rain started in and I was left crying...

[Chorus]
            F
I've got to maintain the madness
C                               Dm       Bb
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
            F                  C
I've got to keep the momentum rolling along
        Dm
So that no-one can stop me
Bb
No-one can drag me
F  Em   Dm   Bb
Ho-ome

[Verse 2]
Dm                   C
I went to San Francisco with my best friend
   G                     A
To sing in a bar full of gay men who wanted me
    Dm                               C
But they did not know me though they thought I sang pretty
       G                      A
I made love to the microphone so they would not feel
   Dm                   C
So empty inside on this wintery night
        G                  A
In this city of madmen and loners and stoners
    Dm                  C                   G
And lovers forgotten in favour of rotten misfortunes with money
    A
But I still went home alone

[Chorus]
            F
I've got to maintain the madness
C                               Dm       Bb
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
            F                  C
I've got to keep the momentum rolling along
        Dm
So that no-one can stop me
Bb
No-one can drag me
F  Em   Dm   Bb
Ho-ome

[Bridge]
F     Bb            Dm
But now I'm here in Boston
        Bb            Dm
In love with Downtown Crossing
Dm                      C                    G
In this very room where some of my favourite songs have been written
A
I'm writing this one
   Dm
To sing and remember
      C
These days in December
      G
Where I have surrendered
A
I'm not pretending
        F   Em   Dm   Bb
To stay still...
        F   Em   Dm   Bb
To stay still...

   Dm                   C
So next week I'll go to Iceland
          G
Then onto London
A            Dm                   C
And into the arms of my favourite stranger
         G
And then onwards
        A                     
Because I cannot, I will not,
Dm                  
I will not, I cannot,
C
I cannot, I will not
G
I will not, I cannot
A
I will never stop...

[Chorus]
            F
I've got to maintain the madness
C                               Dm       Bb
Just so the stillness makes sense to me
            F                  C
I've got to keep the momentum rolling along
        Dm
So that no-one can stop me
Bb
No-one can drag me
F  Em   Dm   Bb
Ho-ome
F  Em   Dm   Bb
Ho-ome