COUNTERMOON Steely Dan

COUNTERMOON On a night like this You look up at your lover It's like you're in some old cartoon Then you detect The scent of faded roses Up in the sky There's that cruel countermoon Could that

Countermoon Donald Fagen

On a night like this You look up at your lover It's like you're in some old cartoon Then you detect The scent of faded roses Up in the sky There's that cruel countermoon Could that be murder you see in

DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan

DO IT AGAIN In the mornin you go gunnin' For the man who stole your water And you fire till he is done in But they catch you at the border And the mourners are all singin' As they drag you by you...

FM Steely Dan

FM (1978) Worry the bottle Mamma, it's grapefruit wine Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time The girls don't seem to care what's on As long as it plays till dawn Nothin' but blues and...

PEG Steely Dan

PEG I've seen your picture Your name in lights above it This is your big debut It's like a dream come true And when you smile for the camera I know they're gonna love it I like your pin shot I k...

KID CHARLEMAGNE Steely Dan

KID CHARLEMAGNE While the music played you worked by candlelight Those San Francisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl You turned it on the wo...

GAUCHO Steely Dan

GAUCHO Just when I say "Boy we can't miss You are golden" Then you do this You say this guy is so cool Snapping his fingers like a fool One more expensive kiss-off Who do you think I am Lord I kn...

JOSIE Steely Dan

JOSIE We're gonna break out the hats and hooters When Josie comes home We're gonna rev up the motor scooters When Josie comes home to stay We're gonna park in the street Sleep on the beach and ma...

DEACON BLUES Steely Dan

DEACON BLUES This is the day Of the expanding man That shape is my shade There where I used to stand It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass At ramblers Wild gamblers That's all in...

HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan

HEY NINETEEN Way back when In Sixty-seven I was the dandy Of Gamma Chi Sweet things from Boston So young and willing Moved down to Scarsdale Where the hell am I Hey Nineteen No we can't dance tog...

BLACK COW Steely Dan

BLACK COW In the corner Of my eye I saw you in Rudy's You were very high You were high It was a cryin' disgrace They saw your face On the counter By your keys Was a book of numbers And your reme...

KINGS Steely Dan

KINGS Now they lay his body down Sad old men who run this town I still recall the way He led the charge and saved the day Blue blood and rain I can hear the bugle playin' CHORUS: We seen the las...

BABYLON SISTERS Steely Dan

BABYLON SISTERS Drive west on Sunset To the sea Turn that jungle music down Just until we're out of town This is no one night stand It's a real occasion Close your eyes and you'll be there It's e...

NEW FRONTIER Steely Dan

NEW FRONTIER Yes we're gonna have a wingding A summer smoker underground It's just a dugout that my dad built In case the reds decide to push the button down We've got provisions and lots of beer...

I.G.Y. Steely Dan

I.G.Y. Standing tough under stars and stripes We can tell This dream's in sight You've got to admit it At this point in time that it's clear The future looks bright On that train all graphite and...

AJA Steely Dan

AJA Up on the hill People never stare They just don't care Chinese music under banyan trees Here at the dude ranch above the sea Aja When all my dime dancin' is through I run to you Up on the hi...

SPRINGTIME Steely Dan

SPRINGTIME Here at Laughing Pines Where the party never ends There's a spicy new attraction On the Funway You can scan yourself For traces of old heartaches The details of desire Shimmering - shi...

EVERYTHING YOU DID Steely Dan

EVERYTHING YOU DID Where did the bastard run Is he still around Now you gotta tell me everything you did baby I'm gonna get a gun Shoot the lover down Are you gonna tell me everything you did bab...

DIRTY WORK Steely Dan

DIRTY WORK Times are hard You're afraid to pay the fee So you find yourself somebody Who can do the job for free When you need a bit of lovin' Cause your man is out of town That's the time you ge...

Dallas Steely Dan

I lived in no holy house but the Grand Hotel Back streets of this old town I know so well And I drunken no holy wine save Muscatel And now my friend I got to go You tell everyone I know Sayin' go...

TIME OUT OF MIND Steely Dan

TIME OUT OF MIND Son you better be ready for love On this glory day This is your chance to believe What I've got to say Keep your eyes on the sky Put a dollar in the kitty Don't the moon look pre...

what a shame about me Steely Dan

what a shame about me (5:15) I was grinding through my day gig Stackin' cutouts at the Strand When in walks Franny from NYU We were quite an item back then We talked about her films and shows and...

BLACK FRIDAY Steely Dan

BLACK FRIDAY When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed And befor...

BARRYTOWN Steely Dan

BARRYTOWN I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange And though you're not my enemy I like things like they used to be And th...

MY RIVAL Steely Dan

MY RIVAL The wind was driving in my face The smell of prickly pear [My rival - show me my rival] The milk truck eased into my space Somebody screamed somewhere I struck a match against the door O...

PRETZEL LOGIC Steely Dan

PRETZEL LOGIC I would love to tour the Southland In a travelling minstrel show Yes I'd love to tour the Southland In a traveling minstrel show Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh Sound...

cousin dupree Steely Dan

cousin dupree (5:28) Well I've kicked around a lot since high school I've worked a lot of nowhere gigs From keyboard man in a rock'n ska band To haulin' boss crude in the big rigs Now I've come b...

THIS MOODY BASTARD Steely Dan

THIS MOODY BASTARD Little friend of mine Can you still recall Our salad days Between the ivy walls? Beneath the autumn sun? When all is said and done We were a good combination We were good clean...

FLORIDA ROOM Steely Dan

FLORIDA ROOM Start on Key Plantain Walk a tropical mile You'll see a house In the Spanish style There's a room in back With a view of the sea Where she sits and dreams Does she dream of me When ...

DOWN IN THE BOTTOM Steely Dan

DOWN IN THE BOTTOM In case you're wondering it's alive and well That little habit that you left with me Here in the suburbs where it's hard to tell If I got the bear or if the bear got me How did...

MEDICAL SCIENCE Steely Dan

MEDICAL SCIENCE [Japanese Import Only] My man Stanley Suave but manly Taking cover from the mark within Now he's hiding Pretty soon he's sliding Looking for a lonely heart to take refuge in Down...

THE FEZ Steely Dan

THE FEZ No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no That's what I am Please understand I wanna be your holy man No I'm never gonna do it wi...

YOUR GOLD TEETH Steely Dan

YOUR GOLD TEETH Got a feeling I've been here before Watching as you cross the killing floor You know you'll have to pay it all You'll pay today or pay tomorrow You fasten up your beaded gown Then...

THE NIGHTFLY Steely Dan

THE NIGHTFLY I'm Lester the Nightfly Hello Baton Rouge Won't you turn your radio down Respect the seven second delay we use So you say there's a race Of men in the trees You're for tough legisla...

THE ROYAL SCAM Steely Dan

THE ROYAL SCAM And they wandered in From the city of St. John Without a dime Wearing coats that shined Both red and green Colors from their sunny island From their boats of iron They looked upon ...

HOME AT LAST Steely Dan

HOME AT LAST I know this super highway This bright familiar sun I guess that I'm the lucky one Who wrote that tired sea song Set on this peaceful shore You think you've heard this one before Wel...

BAD SNEAKERS Steely Dan

BAD SNEAKERS Five names that I can hardly Stand to hear Including yours and mine And one more chimp who isn't here I can see the ladies talking How the times are getting hard And that fearsome ex...

janie runaway Steely Dan

janie runaway (4:08) It must have been my lucky Thursday Your dad went on that spree Before the crew could put out the fires You hopped a bus for NYC Down in Tampa the future looked desperate and...

ON THE DUNES Steely Dan

ON THE DUNES Drive along the sea Far from the city's twitch and smoke To a misty beach That's where my life became a joke On the dunes On the dunes (Became a joke on the dunes) Where rents are h...

BODHISATTVA Steely Dan

BODHISATTVA Bodhisattva Would you take me by the hand Bodhisattva Would you take me by the hand Can you show me The shine of your Japan The sparkle of your china Can you show me Bodhisattva Bodhi...

MAXINE Steely Dan

MAXINE Some say that we're reckless They say we're much too young Tell us to stop before we've begun We've got to hold out till graduation Try to hang on Maxine While the world is sleeping We me...

THIRD WORLD MAN Steely Dan

THIRD WORLD MAN Johnny's playroom Is a bunker filled with sand He's become a third world man Smoky Sunday He's been mobilized since dawn Now he's crouching on the lawn He's a third world man Soo...

WITH A GUN Steely Dan

WITH A GUN I could be wrong but I have seen your face before You were the man that I saw running from his door You owed him money but you gave him something more With a gun With a gun You will be...

PEARL OF THE QUARTER Steely Dan

PEARL OF THE QUARTER On the water down in New Orleans My baby's the pearl of the quarter She's a charmer like you never seen Singing voulez vous Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay Red bea...

LITTLE KAWAI Steely Dan

LITTLE KAWAI Here's a note from one Miss Turnbull Certain homework was not done Tiny holes in brand new windows From an unknown BB gun Cinder Annie and your Big Mommie Say the facts all point to ...

SURF AND/OR DIE Steely Dan

SURF AND/OR DIE Earthbound to Johnny boy just picked up your message 'Bout those Balinese ikats you thought I might buy Now your voice on my machine is more alive than what you are Since your dar...

almost gothic Steely Dan

almost gothic (4:10) I'm working on gospel time these days (The summer - this could be the cool part of the summer) The sloe-eyed creature in the reckless room she's so severe A wise child walks ...

BOOK OF LIARS Steely Dan

BOOK OF LIARS Bye and bye now We'll get over The things we've done and the things we said But not just now when I can 't remember Exactly what it was I thought we had 'Cause I waited so long girl...

SHOW BIZ KIDS Steely Dan

facts unravel I've found this to be true CHORUS They got the house on the corner With the rug inside They got the booze they need All that money can buy They got the shapely bods They got the Steely

KING OF THE WORLD Steely Dan

KING OF THE WORLD Hello one and all Was it you I used to know Can't you hear me call On this old ham radio All I got to say I'm alive and feeling fine If you come my way You can share my poison w...