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

MY WATERLOO Steely Dan

MY WATERLOO I came a long long way from home I travelled far just to be here today Across an endless sea of salty tears Behind the divided line of eighteen years You gotta walk that road alone

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

HAT TOO FLAT Steely Dan

studly and wise, A pleasure to behold Right away we walk the walk More or less we talk the talk But every time we make our play Their eyes get wide they run away 'Cause the hat stays too flat My

GIRLFRIEND Steely Dan

GIRLFRIEND Alone in my cave It's corn flakes and Camels And the long restless shadows of my life None but the brave Jim Beam and Jack Daniels Channelhopping these empty days and nights Glued

HOME AT LAST Steely Dan

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 mast Could it be that I have found my

MONKEY IN YOUR SOUL Steely Dan

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

GREEN FLOWER STREET Steely Dan

GREEN FLOWER STREET Uptown It's murder out in the street Uptown It's murder out in the street That's where I found my mandarin plum That's where you'd be if you found one Where the nights

A Little With Sugar Steely Dan

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 flowers that she wore Years ago I tried to tell her What was in my

BLACK FRIDAY Steely Dan

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 before my

TURN THAT HEARTBEAT OVER AGAIN Steely Dan

TURN THAT HEARTBEAT OVER AGAIN 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

Any World (That I'm Welcome To) Steely Dan

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

Green Book Steely Dan

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

Don't Take Me Alive Steely Dan

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

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

CRINGEMAKER Steely Dan

CRINGEMAKER What ever happened to my college belle When did she turn into the wife from hell Cringemaker What are we coming to Cringemaker What have they done to you In the beginning we

THROUGH WITH BUZZ Steely Dan

THROUGH WITH BUZZ 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

cousin dupree Steely Dan

) 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

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

TIME OUT OF MIND Steely Dan

gold Time out of mind I am holding the mystical sphere It's direct from Lhasa Where people are rolling in the snow Far from the world we know Children we have it right here It's the light in my

THROW BACK THE LITTLE ONES Steely Dan

THROW BACK THE LITTLE ONES 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

This Seats Been Taken Steely Dan

"What is the meaning of the morning rain I got a feeling it's no good I waited for my baby, but she never made the train Now I'm hoping at the next stop she will be there She'll catch my eye and satisfy

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

FIRE IN THE HOLE Steely Dan

myself or just another freak Don't you know There's fire in the hole And nothing left to burn I'd like to run out now There's nowhere left to turn With a cough I shake it off And work around my

BODHISATTVA Steely Dan

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

Lunch With Gina Steely Dan

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 This

This Seat's Been Taken Steely Dan

I got a feeling, it's no good I waited for my baby, but she never made the train Now, I'm hoping at the next stop she will be there She'll catch my eye and satisfy my every care This seat's been taken

ROSE DARLING Steely Dan

ROSE DARLING 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

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

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

NIGHT BY NIGHT Steely Dan

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 don't really care If it's wrong or if it's right But until my

Blues Beach Steely Dan

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 Blues Beach

ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU Steely Dan

ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU I never seen you looking so bad my funky one You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone CHORUS: Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend

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

JUNKIE GIRL Steely Dan

got this way 'Cause we could make it through this thing together I know you're laughing but I got to say Now I still want you maybe more than ever No fooling it's a fucked up world So be cool my

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

CHARLIE FREAK Steely Dan

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

SIGN IN STRANGER Steely Dan

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

Pixeleen Steely Dan

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 Pixeleen Dream deep my

EVERYTHING YOU DID Steely Dan

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 baby I jumped out of my

COUNTERMOON Steely Dan

chill in the air There's a countermoon Lovers all beware Hand in hand You walk along the river You stop to clutch and caress A countermoonbeam Comes sweeping off the water She says "You're not my

Glamour Profession Steely Dan

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 over we'll make some calls from my

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?

You Go Where I Go Steely Dan

Darling as long as you go where I go I can't complain about the pain and the heartache* The tears when your kisses disguise the lies My eyes don't see And what do I need to know As long as you go

DR WU Steely Dan

DR WU 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

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

BOOK OF LIARS Steely Dan

Electrons dancing in the frozen crystal dawn Here's one left stranded at the zero crossing With a hole in its half-life left to carry on But now the world's much larger than it looks today And if my

THE NIGHTFLY Steely Dan

Belzoni Sweet music Tonight the night is mine Late line 'til the sun comes through the skylight You'd never believe it But once there was a time When love was in my life I sometimes wonder What

Things I Miss The Most Steely Dan

I remember the things I miss the most: The talk The sex Somebody to trust The Audi TT The house on the Vineyard The house on the gulf coast These are the things I miss the most I kinda like frying up My

Slang Of Ages Steely Dan

look iffy you say they're good Let's roll with the homeys knock on wood Drop me off in Groovetime Soothe me with the Slang of Ages Show me where I turn Are you all part of the Dreaming Or the end of my