Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam album studio ketiga miliknya yang bertajuk Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow.
Album yang diproduseri olehnya bersama Tom Carmichael tersebut dirilis pada 2021 melalui label Nettwerk Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Rat Race” dari Matt Maltese:
[Intro]
Fm Fm/Eb Fm/D Fm/C# (2x)
[Verse]
Fm Fm/Eb
By the concrete
Fm/D
By the palm trees
Fm/C#
What a pretty massacre on the street
Fm Fm/Eb
In a dark cloud
Fm/D
In a blackout
Fm/C#
Everybody is what they need to be
[Chorus]
Bbm Ab Eb
What a nice day for a rat race
Everybody chasing your long tail
Bbm Ab Eb
Have a nice day in the rat race
Everybody knows how the game's played
Fm Fm/Eb Fm/D Fm/C# (2x)
[Verse]
Fm Fm/Eb
In a nice cream
Fm/D
In a cemetery
Fm/C#
What a pretty pic for it all might seem
Fm Fm/Eb
In the wrong crowd
Fm/D
In the wrong town
Fm/C#
You can play the person you don't want to be
[Chorus]
Bbm Ab Eb
What a nice day for a rat race
Everybody chasing your long tail
Bbm Ab Eb
Have a nice day in the rat race
Everybody knows how the game's played
Bbm Ab Eb (2x)
Bbm Ab Eb
What a nice day for a rat race
Everybody pulling the same face
Bbm Ab Eb
Have a nice day in the rat race
Everybody knows how the game's played
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