Artist: Steely Dan Album: Katy Lied {1975}

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

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

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, Snake Mary dreams along
I would guess she's in Detroit
With lots of money in the bank
Although I could be wrong
You must know it's right, the spore is on the wind tonight
You won't feel it till it grows

Rose darling, Rose darling, my friend
With only you and what I've found
We'll wear the weary hours down

Rose darling come to me, the clock is close at hand
All my empty words of love
Can never screen the flash I feel
Or make you understand
Oh, honey can't you see, I know it's real, it's got to be
Why not chase it where it goes

Rose darling, Rose darling, my friend
With only you and what I've found
We'll wear the weary hours down

Rose darling, Rose darling, my friend
With only you and what I've found
We'll wear the weary hours down

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 more
He don't travel on down to the neighborhood liquor store
Lucy still loves her coke and rum
But she sits alone cos her daddy can't come
Daddy don't drive in that Eldorado no more, no more

Driving like a fool out to Hackensack
Drinking his dinner from a paper sack
He says, "I gotta see a joker and I'll be right back."

No, my daddy don't live in that New York City no more, no more
He can't get tight every night, pass out on the barroom floor
No, daddy can't get no fine cigar
But we know you're smoking wherever you are
Daddy don't live in that New York City no more, no more, no, no, no, no, no

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 with me Doctor Wu
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew
Are you crazy are you high or just an ordinary guy
Have you done all you can do
Are you with me Doctor

Don't seem right, I've been strung out here all night
I've been waiting for the taste you said you'd bring to me
Biscayne Bay - where the Cuban gentlemen sleep all day
I went searching for the song you used to sing to me
Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes
But imagine my surprise when I saw you

Are you with me Doctor Wu
Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew
She is lovely, yes, she's sly and you're an ordinary guy
Has she finally got to you
Can you hear me Doctor, are you with me Doctor
Can you hear me Doctor, are you with me Doctor
Can you hear me Doctor, are you with me Doctor
Can you hear me Doctor, are you with me Doctor

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

Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last
Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last

Listen to what I say, he wants to show you the way
Right down the hallway with open arms to teach you a new game to play
Come on, come on
Soon it will be too late, bobbing for apples can wait
We know you're used to sixteen or more - sorry we only have eight

Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last
Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last

Oh, baby, come on, come on
Kids if you want some fun, see what you never have seen
Take off your cheaters and sit right down, start the projection machine

Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last
Everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last

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

Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll
The answer they reveal, life is unreal

Who are these strangers who pass through the door
Who cover your action and go you one more
If you're feeling lucky you best not refuse
It's your game, the rules are your own win or lose

Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll
The answer they reveal, life is unreal

Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll
The answer they reveal, life is unreal

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 slowly and comb your hair
Don't trouble the midnight air
We're standing just where he stood
It was chain lightning, it feels so good

If I had my way I would move to another lifetime
I'd quit my job, ride the train through the misty nighttime
I'd be ready when my feet touch ground wherever I come down
And if the folks will have me, then they'll have me

Any world that I'm welcome to - I say
Any world that I'm welcome to
Any world that I'm welcome to
Is better than the one I come from

I can hear your words when you speak of what you are and have seen
I can see your hand reaching out through a shining daydream
Where the days and nights are not the same, captured happy in a picture frame
Honey, I will be there, yes, I'll be there

Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - yes, I'm talking bout any world
Any world that I'm welcome to
Is better than the one I come from

I got this thing inside me
That's got to find a place to hide me
I only know I must obey
This feeling I can't explain away

I think I'll go to the park, watch the children playing
Perhaps I'll find in my head what my heart is saying
A vision of a child returning, a kingdom where the sky is burning
Honey, I will be there, yes, I'll be there

Any world that I'm welcome to - it's no lie
Any world that I'm welcome to - yes, I'm talking bout any world
Any world that I'm welcome to
Is better than the one I come from
Is better than the one I come from
Is better than the one I come from

Any world that I'm welcome to - it's no lie
Any world that I'm welcome to - I got to move on now
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do
Any world that I'm welcome to - any world will do

Lost in the Barrio I walk like an Injun
So Carlo won't suspect that something's wrong here
I dance in place and paint my face
And act like I belong here

Throw back the little ones
And pan-fry the big ones
Use tact, poise and reason
And gently squeeze them

Hot licks and rhetoric don't count much for nothing
Be glad if you can use what you borrow
So I pawn my crown for a ride uptown
And buy it back tomorrow

Throw back the little ones
And pan-fry the big ones
Use tact, poise and reason
And gently squeeze them

Done like a matador I pray for the weekend
And hope the little girls still throw roses
Else I'll change my bait and move upstate
Before the season closes

Throw back the little ones
And pan-fry the big ones
Use tact, poise and reason
And gently squeeze them