Artist: Steely Dan Album: Alive In America {1995}

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

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, I don't mind, I don't mind

Greek medallion sparkles when you smile
Sorry angel I get hungry like a child
Green earrings
I remember the rings of rare design
I remember the look in your eyes
I don't mind, I don't mind, don't mind

Green earrings
I remember the rings of rare design
I remember the look in your eyes
I don't mind, I don't mind, don't mind

Bodhisattva - won't you take me by the hand
Bodhisattva - won't 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 - won't you take me by the hand
Bodhisattva - won't 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

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

You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
After all this time I've known you I still don't know what you mean
Well, 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

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

We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home
We're gonna rev up the motor scooters, 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, live wire
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire

Jo would you love to scrapple, she'll never say no
Shine up the battle apple, 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 day when Josie comes home

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

Bye and bye girl we'll get over
Things we've done and the things we've said
But not just now girl, when I can't remember
Exactly what it was we thought we had
You know I waited so long girl and I came so far
To see that you're not always who you say you are
And there's a star in the book of liars by your name
There's a star in the book of liars by your name

Santa Claus came home late last night
Drunk on Christmas wine
Fell down hard out in the driveway
And hung his bag out on the laundry line
You know he's got a Cobra Gunship for his golden boy
And there's a Hello Kitty for his pride and joy
And a silver star in the book of liars by your name
They hung a star in the book of liars by your name

Time exploding, the long night passing
Electrons dancing in the frozen crystal dawn
Here's one left stranded at the zero crossing
With a hole of his half-life left to carry on
But then the world's much larger than it looks today
And if my bad luck ever blows me back this way
Well, I'll just look in my book of liars for your name
Yeah, you know I just gonna look in the book of liars for your name

I've seen your picture, your name in lights above it
This is your big debut, it's like a dream come true
And when 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, sure looks good on you
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, keep it with your letter
Done up in blueprint blue, it sure looks good on you
So won't you smile for the camera, I know I love you better Peg

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

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, when the sidewalks are safe
For the little guy

I saw the fireworks, I believed that I was dreaming 
Till the neighbors came out screaming
He's a third world man

Soon you'll throw down your disguise
We'll see behind those bright eyes
By and by, when the sidewalks are safe
For the little guy

When he's crying out I just sing that Ghana Rondo
E l'era del terzo mondo
He's a third world man

He's a third world man
He's a third world man

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
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
Yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Every A-Frame had your number on the wall
You must've 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 - 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
The 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, get along Kid Charlemagne
Get along Kid Charlemagne

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
This guy Pepe's got a scar from ear to ear
He will make your mug shots disappear

You zombie - be born again, my friend
Won't you sign in stranger

Do you like to take a yo-yo for a ride 
Zombie I can see you're qualified 
Walk around collecting Turkish union dues 
They will call you sir and shine your shoes 
Or maybe you would like to see the show 
You'll enjoy the Cafe D'Escargot 
Folks are in a line around the block 
Just to see her do the can-can-Jacques 

You zombie - be born again, my friend
Won't you sign in stranger

Find your fortune on this lucky star
The chances are good you will thrive
If you make it back alive

Or maybe you would like to see the show 
You'll enjoy the Cafe D'Escargot 
Folks are in a line around the block 
Just to see her do the can-can-Jacques 

You zombie - be born again, my friend
Won't you sign in stranger

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


Thank you, good night