Artist: Steely Dan Album: A Decade Of Steely Dan {1985}

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 they play till dawn
Nothin' but blues and Elvis and somebody else's favorite song

Give her some funked up music, she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right

No static at all, no static at all, no static at all
FM - no static at all

Give her some funked up music, she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right

No static at all, no static at all, no static at all
FM - no static at all

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 collect everything I'm owed
And before my friends find out I'll be on the road
When Black Friday falls you know it's got to be
Don't let it fall on me

When Black Friday comes I'll fly down to Muswellbrook
Gonna strike all the big red words from my little black book
Gonna do just what I please, gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed all the kangaroos
When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill
You know I will

When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it till I satisfy my soul
Gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop's gonna sanctify me
And if he don't come across I'm gonna let it roll
When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim
I'll guess I'll change my name

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 the bay

Babylon sisters, shake it
Babylon sisters, shake it
So fine so young, tell me I'm the only one

Here come those Santa Ana winds again

We'll jog with show folk on the sand
Drink kirschwasser from a shell
San Francisco show and tell
Well I should know by now that it's just a spasm
Like a Sunday in T.J.
That it's cheap but it's not free, that I'm not what I used to be
And that love's not a game for three

Babylon sisters, shake it
Babylon sisters, shake it
So fine so young, tell me I'm the only one

Here come those Santa Ana winds again

My friends say, "No, don't go for that cotton candy
Son you're playing with fire."
The kid will live and learn
As he watches his bridges burn from the point of no return

Babylon sisters, shake it
Babylon sisters, shake it
So fine so young, tell me I'm the only one

You got to shake it, baby, you got to shake it, baby
You got to shake it
You got to shake it, baby, you got to shake it, baby
You got to shake it

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
This one's for real, I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why, throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time, I'm ready to cross that fine line

Learn to work the saxophone, I, I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long and die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world, I, I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide - call me Deacon Blues - Deacon Blues

My back to the wall, a victim of laughing chance
This is for me the essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind
Libations, sensations that stagger the mind
I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets 
Make love to these women - languid and bittersweet 
I'll rise when the sun goes down, cover every game in town 
A world of my own, I'll make it my home sweet home 

Learn to work the saxophone, I, I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long and die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world, I, I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide - call me Deacon Blues - Deacon Blues

This is the night of the expanding the man
I take one last drag as I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long
This brother is free, I'll be what I want to be

I'll learn to work the saxophone, I, I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long and die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world, I, I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide - call me Deacon Blues - Deacon Blues

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 my house in town
And I'll be there to shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there - Bodhisattva, 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

Bodhisattva - I'm gonna sell my house in town
Bodhisattva - I'm gonna sell my house in town
And I'll be there to shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there - Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva,
Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, look out

Way back when in '67
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 - we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen the sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy but I'm just growing old

Hey Nineteen
No we got nothing in common - we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down

Nice
Sure looks good
Skate a little lower now

The Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing, say it again
The Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
The Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing

No we can't dance together, no we can't talk at all

In the morning 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

Yeah, you go back Jack, do it again
Wheel turnin' round and round
You go back Jack, do it again

When you know she's no high climber
Then you find your only friend
In a room with your two timer
And you're sure you're near the end
Then you love a little wild one
And she brings you only sorrow
All the time you know she's smilin'
You'll be on your knees tomorrow

Yeah, you go back Jack, do it again
Wheel turnin' round and round
You go back Jack, do it again

Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money
So you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
You must put them on the table

Yeah, you go back Jack, do it again
Wheel turnin' round and round
You go back Jack, do it again

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 Peg

I like your pin shot, I keep it with your letter
Done up in blueprint blue, it sure looks good on you
And when you smile for the camera I know I love you better

Peg it will come back to you
Peg it will come back to you
Then the shutter falls, you see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

I like your pin shot, I keep it with your letter
Done up in blueprint blue, it sure looks good on you
And when you smile for the camera I know I love you better

Peg it will come back to you
Peg it will come back to you
Then the shutter falls, you see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

Peg it will come back to you
Peg it will come back to you
Then the shutter falls, you see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

Peg it will come back to you
Peg it will come back to you
Then the shutter falls, you see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

Peg it will come back to you
Peg it will come back to you
Then the shutter falls, you see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

We hear you're leaving, that's okay
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 letter to yourself
Rikki don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might use it if you feel better when you get home

I have a friend in town, he's heard your name
We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row
We could stay inside and play games, I don't know
And you could have a change of heart

Rikki don't lose that number
You don't wanna call nobody else
Send it off in a letter to yourself
Rikki don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might use it if you feel better when you get home

You tell yourself you're not my kind
But you don't even know your mind
And you could have a change of heart

Rikki don't lose that number
You don't wanna call nobody else
Send it off in a letter to yourself
Rikki don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might use it if you feel better when you get home

Rikki don't lose that number
Rikki don't lose that number
Rikki don't lose that number

Your everlasting summer and you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last
Well, 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' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine

You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean
The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine

I spent a lot of money and I spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen you find another man
The things you think are useless I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years
Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears
Have you had enough of mine

INSTRUMENTAL

While the music played you worked by candlelight
Those San Francisco nights - you were the best in town
Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl
You turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around
Did you feel like Jesus, did you realize
That you were a champion in their eyes

On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Every A-Frame had your number on the wall
You must have had it all, you'd go to L.A. on a dare and you'd go it alone
Could you live forever, could you see the day
Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away

Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne

Now your patrons have all left you in the red
Your low rent friends are dead - this life can be very strange
All those dayglow freaks who used to paint their face
They've joined the human race, some things will never change
Son you were mistaken, you are obsolete
Look at all the white men on the street

Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne

Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scale, just get it all out of here
Is there gas in the car - yes, there's gas in the car
I think the people down the hall know who you are
Careful what you carry, cos the man is wise
You are still an outlaw in their eyes

Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne

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 whole affair
I said, "Whoa no, William And Mary won't do, now."

Well, I did not think the girl could be so cruel
And I'm never going back to my old school

Oleanders growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale
I can't stand her doing what she did before
Living like a gypsy queen in a fairy tale
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said, "Whoa no, Guadalajara won't do, now."

Well, I did not think the girl could be so cruel
And I'm never going back to my old school

California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go back to Annandale
Tried to warn you about Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you through the U.S. Mail
Well, I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said, "Whoa no, Guadalajara won't do, now."

Well, I did not think the girl could be so cruel
And I'm never going back to my old school

Five names that I can hardly stand to here
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

Yes, I'm going insane and I'm laughing at the frozen rain
Well, I'm so alone - honey, when they gonna send me home
Bad sneakers and a Pi�a Colada, my friend
Stompin' on the avenue by Radio City with a
Transistor and a large sum of money to spend

You fellah, you tearin' up the street
You wear that white tuxedo - how you gonna beat the heat
Do you take me for a fool, do you think that I don't see
That ditch out in the valley that they're digging just for me

Yes, I'm going insane, you know I'm laughing at the frozen rain
And feel like I'm so alone - honey, when they gonna send me home
Bad sneakers and a Pi�a Colada, my friend
Stompin' on the avenue by Radio City with a
Transistor and a large sum of money to spend

You know, going insane, yes, I'm laughing at the frozen rain
And I'm so alone - honey, when they gonna send me home
Bad sneakers and a Pi�a Colada, my friend
Stompin' on the avenue by Radio City with a
Transistor and a large sum of money to spend