Artist: Steely Dan Album: Aja {1977}

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
But where are you tomorrow

I can't cry anymore while you run around - while you run around
Break away
Just when it seems so clear that it's over now
Drink your big black cow and get out of here

Down to Greene Street there you go
Lookin' so outrageous and they tell you so
You should know how all the pros play the game
Can you change your name
Like a gangster on the run 
You will stagger homeward to your precious one
I'm the one who must make everything right
Talk it out till daylight

I don't care anymore why you run around - why you run around
Break away
Just when it seems so clear that it's over now
Drink your big black cow and get out of here

I can't cry anymore while you run around - while you run around
Break away
Just when it seems so clear that it's over now
Drink your big black cow and get out of here

So outrageous
So outrageous
So outrageous

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 dancing is through
I run to you

Up on the hill they've got time to burn
There's no return
Double helix in the sky tonight
Throw out the hardware, let's do it right
Aja when all my dime dancing is through
I run to you

Up on the hill they think I'm okay
Or so they say
Chinese music always sets me free
Angular banjoes sound good to me
Aja when all my dime dancing is through
I run to you

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

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

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 mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last, home at last

She serves the smooth retsina, she keeps me safe and warm 
It's just the calm before the storm 
Call in my reservation - so long, hey thanks my friend 
I guess I'll try my luck again 

Well, the danger on the rocks is surely past
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last, home at last

Well, the danger on the rocks is surely past
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last, home at last

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 band
Get to bendin' my ear
How was I to know about the warm soulful secret
You been keepin' for years
I got the news

Slow down, I'll tell you when
I may never walk again

Broadway Duchess, darling if you only knew
Half as much as everybody thinks you do
What I hear may be true
I would still be proud to know you

Spanish kissin', see it glisten
You came ragin', love rampagin'
I got the news

Yes dear, how did you know
Can't you see our love will grow

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 break it when Josie comes home

When Josie comes home, so good
She's the pride of the neighborhood
She's the raw flame, the live wire
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire, uh huh

Jo would you love to scrapple, she'll never say no - no
Shine up the battle apple, we'll shake 'em all down tonight
We're gonna mix in the street
Strike at the stroke of midnight, dance on the bones till the girls say when
Pick up what's left by daylight when Josie comes home

When Josie comes home, so bad
She's the best friend we ever had 
She's the raw flame, the live wire
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

When Josie comes home, so good
She's the pride of the neighborhood
She's the raw flame, the live wire
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire