Don't Take Me Alive Steely Dan

Saying all is forgiven Mad Dog surrender How can I answer A man of my mind can do anything [Chorus:] I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take

Android Warehouse Steely Dan

Hold my hand in the Android Warehouse Who's to know if you take a dive? Ain't life grand in the Android Warehouse?

Reelin' In The Years Steely Dan

Your everlastin'' summer, you can see it fadin'' fast, So you grab a piece of somethin'' that you think is gonna last Well, you wouldn''t even know a diamond if you held it in your hand The things

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

SIGN IN STRANGER Steely Dan

SIGN IN STRANGER Have you heard about the boom on Mizar Five People got to shout to stay alive They don't even have policeman one Doesn't matter where you been or what you've done Do you have

CAVES OF ALTAMIRA Steely Dan

CAVES OF ALTAMIRA I recall when I was small How I spent my days alone The busy world was not for me So I went and found my own I would climb the garden wall With a candle in my hand I'd hide

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

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

Take It Out On Me Steely Dan

Heavy hours are passing slowly Don't believe that it's unholy Take a chance it's what you want me for Just once more You know it's not a sin For you to lock me in And throw away the key Take it out on

TEAHOUSE ON THE TRACKS Steely Dan

TEAHOUSE ON THE TRACKS Out on the fringe Where the shallows meet the scratchlands Out where hope and the highway ends You can park or cruise Both ways you lose This is Flytown now my friend You take

HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan

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 together No we can't talk at all Please take

Parker's Band Steely Dan

You got to come on, man, and take a piece of Mister Parker's band. You'll be ridin' by, bareback on your armadillo; You'll be groovin' high or relaxin' at Camarillo.

THE BOSTON RAG Steely Dan

Any news was good news And the feeling was bad at home I was out of mind and you Were on the phone Lonnie was the kingpin Back in nineteen sixty-five I was singing this song When Lonnie came alive

JUNKIE GIRL Steely Dan

JUNKIE GIRL In the good old bad part of this college town Men in business suits they run you down You take their money just like you take mine You send it bubbling down the thin blue line It doesn't

GREEN EARRINGS Steely Dan

GREEN EARRINGS Cold, daring No flies on me Sorry, angel I must take what I see Green earrings I remember The rings of rare design I remember The look in your eyes I don't mind Greek medallion

ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THAT Steely Dan

that The man in the street Draggin' his feet Don't wanna hear the bad news Imagine your face There is his place Standing inside his brown shoes You do his nine to five Drag yourself home half alive

BAD SNEAKERS Steely Dan

How the times are getting hard And that fearsome excavation On Magnolia Boulevard CHORUS: And I'm going insane And I'm laughing at the frozen rain And I'm so alone Honey when they gonna send me

GLAMOR PROFESSION Steely Dan

When it's all over We'll make some calls from my car We're a star It's a glamour profession The L.A. concession Local boys will spend a quarter Just to shine the silver bowl Living hard will take

two against nature Steely Dan

help you beat that stuff CHORUS: Two against nature tan and lean Puttin' big heat on skanky things unseen Two against nature slinging dread These boys wanna bang the skulls of things undead T-Bone

NIGHT BY NIGHT Steely Dan

NIGHT BY NIGHT It's a beggars life, said the Queen of Spain But don't tell it to a poor man 'Cause he's got to kill for every thrill The best he can Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem

MY OLD SCHOOL Steely Dan

MY OLD SCHOOL I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes When you put me on the Wolverine Up to Annandale It was still September When your daddy was quite surprised To find you with the working

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

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 daredevil

DEACON BLUES Steely Dan

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 the past You call me

YOUR GOLD TEETH Steely Dan

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 you try to tie me

HARD UP CASE Steely Dan

HARD UP CASE You told me once I was your pride and joy I guess those days are dead and gone You must have took me for some golden boy You didn't know what you were taking on It was a hard up case

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

janie runaway Steely Dan

some takeout from Dean and Deluca A hearty gulping wine You be the showgirl and I'll be Sinatra Way back in '59 Sweetness in heels - look at you - in long black gloves Come to old blue eyes tell me

CHARLIE FREAK Steely Dan

if nobody takes him in He'll soon be dead On the street he spied my face I heard him hail In our plot of frozen space he told his tale Poor man, he showed his hand So righteous was his need And me

Glamour Profession Steely Dan

Jim again When it's all over we'll make some calls from my car, we're a star It's a glamour profession The L.A. concession Local boys will spend a quarter Just to shine the silver bowl Living hard will take

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

HAT TOO FLAT Steely Dan

flat Fair Arcturus Fashion forecast: Skirts will be shorter Legs stay long Virtual raincoats are coming back Hats as always continued flat Back at home the machines work hard We folk like to take

HAITIAN DIVORCE Steely Dan

your Haitian Divorce She takes the taxi to the good hotel Bon marché as far as she can tell She drinks the zombie from the cocoa shell She feels alright, she get it on tonight Mister driver Take

SNOWBOUND Steely Dan

And get saved tonight Let's stop off at the Metroplex That little dancer's got some style Yes she's the one I'll be waiting for At the stage door Chorus: Snowbound Let's sleep in today Wake me

Brain Tap Shuffle Steely Dan

Take the worst of this quirky world Roll it up in a ball Add the hair of a go-go girl Turn it into a dance that's called The bloody...

GIRLFRIEND Steely Dan

to the screen Rerun by rerun At the dark outer limits of my soul Stranded between The Green Acres of my good intentions And the Twilight Zone of zero self-control So come on angel Tune in on me

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

Rikki Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan

We hear you're leaving, that's ok I thought our little wild time had just begun I guess you kind of scared yourself, you t urn and run But if you have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number

CHANGE OF THE GUARD Steely Dan

signs are right this time You don't have to try so very hard If you live in this world You're feelin' the change of the guard All the cowboys and your neighbors Can you swallow up your pride Take

RAZOR BOY Steely Dan

You'd gamble or give anything To be in with the better half But how many friends must I have To begin with to make you laugh CHORUS: Will you still have a song to sing When the razor boy comes And take

I GOT THE NEWS Steely Dan

mark You're a screamer You know How to hustle Daddy Is a rare Millionaire I don't care Yeah you Got the muscle I got the news Yes dear How did you know Can't you see our love will grow Take

Everyone's Gone To The Movies Steely Dan

Kids, if you want some fun, See what you never have seen; Take off your cheaters sit right down, Start the projection machine.

Doctor Wu Steely Dan

no tomorrow You walked in And my life began again Just when I'd spent the last piaster I could borrow All night long We would sing that stupid song And every word we sang I knew was true Are you with me

Slang Of Ages Steely Dan

for real Drop me off in Groovetime Do you hear the Slang of Ages Show me how it's done Now did you say you were from the Netherlands Or was that "Netherworld"?

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

DR WU Steely Dan

tomorrow You walked in And my life began again Just when I'd spent the last piaster I could borrow All night long We would sing that stupid song And every word we sang I knew was true Are you with me

MIDNIGHT CRUISER Steely Dan

MIDNIGHT CRUISER Felonius my old friend Step on in and let me shake your hand So glad that you're here again For one more time Let your madness run with mine Streets still unseen we'll find somehow

BROOKLYN (OWES THE CHARMER UNDER ME) Steely Dan

BROOKLYN (OWES THE CHARMER UNDER ME) A race of angels Bound with one another A dish of dollars Laid out for all to see A tower room at Eden Rock His golf at noon for free Brooklyn owes the charmer

You Go Where I Go Steely Dan

"I'm about to cry and I don't know the reason I can see the start of a difficult season I can't let it get me down when everything is going wrong Ain't it good to know that I can be strong?

MONKEY IN YOUR SOUL Steely Dan

MONKEY IN YOUR SOUL I got one and you want four It's so hard to help you I can't keep up with you no more And you treat me like it's a sin But you can't lock me in You want me here with you right