Steely Dan

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 hill They've got time to burn There's no return Double helix...

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 right out of here I'm so excited I can barely cope I'm sizzling like an isotope I'm on...

Daytime you're too proud to brag about the badge you wore Nighttime you're too tired to drag your chains across the floor All your guns are gone I'm told or in the aerodrome Did you die the day they sold the ones you left at home? Hold my hand in the A...

I never seen you looking so bad my funky one You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again When the demon is at your door In the...

If I had my way I would move to another lifetime I'd quit my job Ride the train through the misty nighttime I'll be ready when my feet touch ground Wherever I come down And if the folks will have me Then they'll have me. CHORUS: Any world that I'm welcome to...

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 everything they say The end of a perfect day Distant lights from across t...

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 excavation On Magnolia Boulevard CHORUS: Yes I'm going insane And I'm...

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 though you'd like some company I'm standing by myself Go play with someone el...

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 remedies One of these Surely will screen out the sorrow...

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 before my friends find out I'll be on the road When Black Friday falls you...

I was scrapin' bottom Gropin' in the dark It takes a crusty punk to really beat The mean streets of Medicine Park So I shifted left for out of town Then I clicked my heels and I doubled down to CHORUS: Blues Beach I'm frying Sizzlin' in the merciful...

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 Bodhisattva I'm gonna sell my house in town Bodhisattva I'm gonna sell...

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 Under me His lady's aching To bring a body down She daily preaches On where she wants to...

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 inside a hall of rock and sand On the stone an ancient hand In a faded yellow-green Ma...

Some turnout, a hundred grand Get with it we'll shake his hand Don't bother to understand Don't question the little man Be part of the brotherhood Yes it's chain lightning It feels so good Hush brother, we cross the square Act natural like you don't care Turn...

If you listen you can hear it It's the laughter in the street It's the motion in the music And the fire beneath your feet All the 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 gua...

Charlie Freak had but one thing to call his own Three weight ounce pure golden ring no precious stone Five nights without a bite No place to lay his head And if nobody takes him in He'll soon be dead On the street he spied my face I heard him hail In our plot...

I don't like waiting for a knock on the door I don't like wondering why I got no mercy for a man and his tears He's just living a lie I got a feeling like I'm losing my cool That's no way to be You got me crying, got me playing the fool That's wha...

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 back home to plan my next move From the comfort of my Aunt Faye's couch When I see my l...

Daddy don't live in that New York City No more He don't celebrate Sunday on a Saturday night No more Daddy don't need no lock and key For the piece he stowed Out on Avenue D Daddy don't live in that New York City No more Daddy don't drive in that Eldorado No...

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 the past You call me a fool You say it's a crazy scheme...

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 get me runnin' And you know I'll be around CHORUS: I'm a fo...

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 your feet But the hangman isn't hangin' And they put you on the street,...

Katy tried I was halfway crucified I was on the other side Of 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 wi...

I hear you found a brand new friend Well, if I try to take you back again If I decide to make amends Don't let me in You know, I'd like to be inside But don't you listen when you hear me cry Not even just to say goodbye Don't let me in I say...

Agents of the law Luckless pedestrian I know you're out there With rage in your eyes and your megaphones 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 Wel...

Kids if you want some fun Mr. LaPage is your man He's always laughing, having fun Showing his films in the den Come on, come on Soon you will be eighteen I think you know what I mean Don't tell your mama Your daddy or mama They'll never know where you been CH...

It's high time for a walk on the real side Let's admit the bastards beat us I move to dissolve the corporation In a pool of margaritas So let's switch off all the lights And light up all the Luckies Crankin' up the afterglow 'Cause we're goin' out of bu...

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 baby Traces are everywhere In our happy home Now you better tell me everything you did...

I decline To walk the line They tell me that I'm lazy Worldly wise I realize That everybody's crazy A woman's voice reminds me To serve and not to speak Am I myself or just another freak Don't you know There's fire in the hole And nothing left to b...

Worry the bottle, Mama, 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 they play till dawn Nothin' but blues and Elvis And somebody else's favorite song Give her some funked...

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One plush summer you come to me ripe and ready And bad through and through With that deep mystical soul synergy pumping steady Between me and you Lovin' all the beautiful work we've done, cara mia And it's barely July If we keep on boppin' until Labor Day Li'l...

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 know you're a special friend But you don't seem to understand We...

6:05 Outside the stadium Special delivery For Hoops McCann Brut and charisma Poured from the shadow where he stood Looking good He's a crowd pleasing man One on one He's schoolyard superman Crashing the backboard He's Jungle Jim again When it's all...

In the beginning We could hang with the dude But it's been too much of nothing Of that stank attitude Now they curse your name And there's a bounty on your face It's your own fault daddy GodWhacker's on the case We track your almighty ass Thru seven heaven-wo...

My coat is black and the moon is yellow Here is where I get off As you can see for yourself old girl in the Green Book I tango down to the smoky lobby My eyes adjust to the light The new cashier looks like Jill St. John Can that be right? I'm rolling into the...

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 Sparkles when you smile Sorry, angel I get hungry like a child Green earrings I...

Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said So in love the preacher's face turned red Soon everybody knew the thing was dead He shouts, she bites, they wrangle through the night She go crazy Got to make a getaway Papa say CHORUS: Oh - no hesitation No tears...

Down at the Lido they welcome you With sausage and beer Klaus and The Rooster have been there too But lately he spends his time here Hangin' with the Mayor and all his friends And nobody cares Where the sailor shuts out the sunrise Blacked out on the s...

Way back when in 67 I was the dandy Of Gamma Chi Sweet things from Boston So young and willing Moved down to Scarsdale And where the hell am I Hey Nineteen No we can't dance together No we can't talk at all Please take me along When you slide on do...

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 Well the danger on the rocks is surely past Still I remain tied to the mas...

Left New Hyde Park to hold my own in New York town Groped in the dark until I faced the place where scallywags are found Sharks and yo-yos everywhere Baby, you can take it from there Now there's a horse in town (I’d this dream, the horse) is chestnu...

I'm working hard from mornin’ ‘til night My shoulder bendin’ to the wheel I get home, you start to run me down How do you think it makes me feel? Your lashin’ tongue, it hurts my soul I start to thinkin’ and I lose control I'm not movin’ like I kn...

You In your Lark You're a 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 it In your hand All the sirens And the ban...

(spoken text) (Might say a word first, but can't make it out) Rock 'n' roll They're throwin' a party for big Ida Lee The man from the skyway, the Chinaman and me There's so much affection it's making me crazy I've run out of reasons for keepin' it ne...

Teddy's rolling now most every night Skatin' backwards at the speed of light He's changed - in a thousand little ways He's changed - yes indeed You know he's movin' on metal, yes he's Hanging tight with the Jack of Speed Sheena's party - there's a case in poi...

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 dark Now you're the wonderwaif of Gramercy Park CHORUS: Who makes the morning fabulo...

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 make it Throw down the jam till the girls say when Lay down the law and b...

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 world That's when you turned the world around Did you feel like Jesus Did you reali...

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 wine [Chorus] No marigolds in the promised land There's a hole in the ground Where...

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' We seen the last of Good King Richard Ring out the past his name lives on Roll out the...

What's this fierce new change? Has your juggernaut reached my door? Am I out of range? Think another thought before Babies are ground up in the last big round-up Ease your head, play it cool in a patio chair Try to design a postcard from your mind...

I remember Christmas morning back in 1954 When we moved her to Mount Savage as if it mattered anymore Mama always said How the air can clear her head We were colder and much higher than we ever were before I recall her tailored jersey and the flower...

That must be her again She's leaning on my bell That cold psychotic ring The one I know so well So I'm nailed to the floor in the no-option zone There's about zero chance she'll give up and go home CHORUS: This endless afternoon It started on the day I met he...

Thelonius 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 No time is better than now CHORUS: Tell me where are you driving Mid...

Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail Don't you see how eagerly the turtles and the lobsters all advance They are waiting on the shingle, won't you come and join the dance?...

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 to the end No thank you my friend I fear the monkey in your soul Won't you...

(vocalizing) The fish are flying in the county seat The cops are searching for a missing beat And Billy Burroughs, is he still on the nod? Deal with the girlfriend, not a demigod But be assured that if this shaken world is sucked into the sun More...

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 girls In the county jail I was smoking with the boys upstairs When I heard about...

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 Of Anthony's Bar and Grill I was the whining stranger A fool in lov...

She's lost - she's late She's zooming on a couch somewhere Or high - or home I'm not supposed to call her there I wait - I smoke I stare into my coke It's happening again I tell myself that it's over and done, amen Her skin - like milk It's like she's never...

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 Because no men have all their peace of mind To carry them Well I do...

When I'm sure you’re gone at last I make believe that I have no past I make good cheer and wipe away all the tears I take another room, find another friend And when I feel that you're not real I stop and then Oh wow it's you again How odd I should...

I heard them whispering I saw their eyes, their jests Their secret smiles Dance a wild new tango Overrun the great placenta And who received the first bang-bang? It was the whole Goddamned gang What can the price for freedom be? The old Regime...

A world become one Of salads and sun Only a fool would say that A boy with a plan A natural man Wearing a white stetson hat Unhand that gun begone There's no one to fire upon If he's holding it high He's telling a lie I heard it was you Talkin' 'bout a world...

Savoy sides presents a new saxophone sensation It's Parker's band with a smooth style of syncopation Kansas City born and growing You won't believe what the boys are blowing You got to come on man And take a piece of Mister Parker's band You'll be riding by,...

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 beans and rice for a quarter You can see her almost any day singing voulez vous [Chorus...

I've seen your picture Your name in lights above it This is your big debut It's like a dream come true So won't you smile for the camera I know they're gonna love it I like your pin shot I keep it with your letter Done up in blueprint blue It...

Our man Abu squeezes off twenty tracer rounds And that's when she jumps the turnstile And as she clings to the roof of the speeding train The Double A down to Sheridan Square Her cell phone rings It's, like, her stupid father Be in the door by ten -- again CH...

I would love to tour the Southland In a traveling 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 just like a record on the phonograph. Those days are gone forever Ove...

I hear you are singing a song of the past I see no tears I know that you know it may be the last For many years 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 Will you stil...

Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last You wouldn't know a diamond If you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can't understand Are you reelin' in the years Stowin'...

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 turn and run But if you have a change of heart. Rikki don't lose that number; You don't wanna call nobody else. Send it off in a le...

"Quick, some redhots," cried the handsome fullback I'm so nervous at this lonely bivouac All the men have long since gone to bed Once again explaining why in Miss Cheever it's always raining And the roaring of the lamb Brought my friends out in the ra...

Rose darling come to me Snake Mary's gone to bed All our steaming sounds of love Cannot disturb her in her night Or raise her sleeping head All I ask of you Is make my wildest dreams come true No one sees and no one knows Rose darling come to me Snak...

CHORUS: While the poor people sleepin' With the shade on the light While the poor people sleepin' All the stars come out at night After closing time At the Guernsey Fair I detect the El Supremo From the room at the top of the stairs Well I've been around the w...

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 a dark spot on your past Leave it to my man he'll fix it fast Pepe has a scar f...

Let me put it this way doll And I know it's getting late I can tell from the planes of your face That you're from out of state But here in the Willows now here's the deal Tomorrow's for squares -- tonight's for real CHORUS: Drop me off in Groovetime Do you he...

Jolly tricks And politics May pass you by Soul ram Little men With stick pins Leave you high and dry Soul ram Baby runs the show She's got a soul ram Understand Who could know That she'd be up on top All night long Never stop Right or w...

Boys and Girls They come from all around From dear old Stockholm To Copenhagen town Forget their troubles In tasty riddum n' rime So here you are And now it's party time Wrap your mind Around this sound And let the goodness ripple down Go...

Ten cent store is in my way Just can't do what the captain say There's not enough night And too much day Ain't got time to hear That stone piano playing for me A song without words or harmony A stone piano calvary bound Rolling along with the top down...

When I lost my way home I was helpless like a small child No eyes of my own That could take me through the nighttime No moonlight to guide me No shadow to hide me Then in the dark I found Sun Mountain I once had a friend Tried to help me in a ba...

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 me My complexion waxing whiter Pull the...

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 [Chorus] Bring back the Boston Rag Tell all your buddies That...

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 without the fez on Oh no Ain't never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no...

Attention all shoppers It's Cancellation Day Yes the Big Adios Is just a few hours away CHORUS: It's last call To do your shopping At the Last Mall You'll need the tools for survival And the medicine for the blues Sweet treats and surprises For th...

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 the promised land Where surely life was sweet On the rising tide To New York Cit...

I don't mind the quiet Or the lonely nights I don't miss the funky attitudes And I don't miss the fights I lie on the couch 'till suppertime And hunker down and read the Post And that's when I remember the things I miss the most: CHORUS: The talk The...

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 Soon you'll throw down your disguise We'll see behind those bright eyes By and by Wh...

He takes all my money You know I'm through with Buzz Yes I'm through with Buzz, All right, oh yeah, uh huh He's not very funny You know I'm through with Buzz Yes I'm through with Buzz, All right, oh yeah, uh huh I remember when he stole my girl Drug her all...

Lost in the Barrio I walk like an Injun So Carlo won't suspect something's wrong here I dance in place And paint my face And act like I belong here CHORUS: Throw back the little ones And pan-fry the big ones Use tact, poise and reason And gently squeeze them...

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 pretty Tonight when I chase the dragon The water may change to cherry wine...

Crewmen of the true companion I can see you're tired of action In this everlasting twilight Home is just a sad abstraction. Just beyond the troubled skyways Young men dream of fire and star shine. I've been dreaming of my own green world Far across th...

With stocking face I bought a gun The plan was set the plan was done Looked at my watch and started for the door Now the food here ain't so good no more And they closed the package store Love your mama, love your brother Love 'em till they run for cover...

Bad news breaking in 18A Missy's kitty turn inside out she say Spider queen demon and that whole crew Across the lobby the wicker wing chair flew All the nice people those goodly souls Quaking in their respective hidey-holes Everyone's wasted in this gruesome...

Hey people I can't seem to make up my mind ‘cause I'm undecided You're the reason why My delay is just a way of telling you that I I love you Go away I hate you No please stay I want you I'm so undecided So divided inside of me Hey baby S...

Brother in tears Look at this chain of sorrows Stretching all the way from here and now to hell and gone I was Kid Clean She was Anne de Siecle Just a thrill away from punching through to the cosmic wow It started out good Then it got lots better Makin' up the...

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 CDs And I don't know what else She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me But tell me - how...

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 what you are just the same Did you pay the other man with the piece in you...

Hunting in the Sea of Japan, Ambrose left the tourist trail behind him. So bold with his gun in his hand, Of his furs there was no need to remind him. Tripping over a Holy Man, Mind that here you don't choose your friends, Ambrose asked for a helping ha...

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? Darling as long as you go where I go I can't complain about the...

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 down Do you work it out one by one Or played in combination Y...

Who are these children Who scheme and run wild Who speak with their wings And the way that they smile What are the secrets They trace in the sky And why do you tremble Each time they ride by. CHORUS: Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer...