Intro: G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 (2x)

  G
Nothin' ever changes; is that really your name?
         Cmaj7
What's it mean, what's the context, could you explain?
        Bm
I don't mean to be an asshole, I don't mean to complain
          Cmaj7       Bm        Am Bm
But is that all we've given ya?

   G
I see no point in turning all this worry to shame
               Cmaj7
There ain't no need to point the finger; I got no one else to blame
Bm
Talk of secession has never been so plain
       Cmaj7                     Bm  Am
But is that all that we've said here?

     C                                                          Em
The kids are on fire; I'm just sat back tendin' the flames
     Am                  C
And we're just circlin' 'round the critical drain

- G         Em         G          Em -

   G
Big-time intuition in a tiny little brain
        Cmaj7
Spoutin' out thoughts about doubts and jealousy and pain
Bm
Open-ended questions and the ones they contain
      Cmaj7         Am        Bm
Did it all go to hell in a day, kid?

  Am                 G
Consider this my condition
        C                    D7
On the ashes of the funerary pyre
           C                         D
Would you still have me surrender my lyre?

C                                                    Em
I'm only askin' 'cause it seems like you wanna say
     Am                   C
That we're just circlin' 'round the critical drain

- G         Em         G          Em -

  Am               G
Consider this my audition
         C                        D7
For that little jazz combo in the sky
       C                            D
If I'm not there yet, I'll tell you why
        C                                            Em
I'm too busy defiling the American songbook's name
    Am                   C                        G
And we're just circlin' 'round the critical drain
      Am                   C                        G
Yeah, we're just circlin' 'round the critical drain
      Am                   C                        G
Yeah, we're just circlin' 'round the critical drain