DIRTY WORK Steely Dan

DIRTY WORK Times are hard You're afraid to pay the fee So you find yourself somebody Who can do the job for free When you need a bit of lovin' Cause your man is out of town That's the time you

gaslighting abbie Steely Dan

gaslighting abbie (5:54) One plush summer you come to me ripe and ready And bad through and through With that deep mystical soul synergy pumping steady Between me and you Lovin' all the beautiful work

Green Book Steely Dan

I'm thinking Marilyn 4.0 in the Green Book I like the neon I love the music Anachronistic but nice The seamless segue from fun to fever It's a sweet device I'm so in love with this dirty city This crazy

HAT TOO FLAT Steely Dan

But my hat is still too flat Fair Arcturus Fashion forecast: Skirts will be shorter Legs stay long Virtual raincoats are coming back Hats as always continued flat Back at home the machines work

LUCKY HENRY Steely Dan

and despair Way cross town, now up now down, as though you'd really care On the bus across from us seen once in silhouette The old man's face you couldn't place that now you can't forget Down and dirty

FIRE IN THE HOLE Steely Dan

speak Am I 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

THIS MOODY BASTARD Steely Dan

window In the downstairs room And the time goes by And the time goes by Sometimes it goes so slowly You know a man could cry Till the day goes down In deep disgrace With empty pockets And a dirty

SNOWBOUND Steely Dan

deadspace It's a marketplace And a party house too Something new From Charlie Tokyo It's a kind of pyramid With a human heart Beating in an ion grid A critic grabs us And says without a smile The work

I.G.Y. Steely Dan

rail Ninety minutes from New York to Paris (More leisure time for artists everywhere) A just machine to make big decisions Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision We'll be clean when their work

YOUR GOLD TEETH Steely Dan

I've been here before Watching as you cross the killing floor You know you'll have to pay it all You'll pay today or pay tomorrow You fasten up your beaded gown Then you try to tie me down Do you work

DEACON BLUES Steely Dan

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 CHORUS: I'll learn to work

almost gothic Steely Dan

aerial view Unless I'm totally wrong I hear her rap and brother it's strong I'm pretty sure that what she's telling me is mostly lies But I just stand there hypnotized I'll just have to make it work

GIRLFRIEND Steely Dan

between The Green Acres of my good intentions And the Twilight Zone of zero self-control So come on angel Tune in on me You 'll see your faithful servant Lost in misery And all of your hard work

DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan

DO IT AGAIN In the mornin 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 you...

FM Steely Dan

FM (1978) 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 as it plays till dawn Nothin' but blues and...

PEG Steely Dan

PEG 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 k...

GAUCHO Steely Dan

GAUCHO Just when I say "Boy we can't miss You are golden" Then you do this You say this guy is so cool Snapping his fingers like a fool One more expensive kiss-off Who do you think I am Lord I kn...

KID CHARLEMAGNE Steely Dan

KID CHARLEMAGNE While the music played you worked by candlelight Those San Francisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl You turned it on the wo...

JOSIE Steely Dan

JOSIE 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 ma...

HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan

HEY NINETEEN Way back when In Sixty-seven 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 tog...

BLACK COW Steely Dan

BLACK COW 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 reme...

KINGS Steely Dan

KINGS Now they lay his body down Sad old men who run this town I still recall the way He led the charge and saved the day Blue blood and rain I can hear the bugle playin' CHORUS: We seen the las...

BABYLON SISTERS Steely Dan

BABYLON SISTERS 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 e...

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...

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 the hi...

SPRINGTIME Steely Dan

SPRINGTIME Here at Laughing Pines Where the party never ends There's a spicy new attraction On the Funway You can scan yourself For traces of old heartaches The details of desire Shimmering - shi...

EVERYTHING YOU DID Steely Dan

EVERYTHING YOU DID Where did the bastard run Is he still around Now you gotta tell me everything you did baby I'm gonna get a gun Shoot the lover down Are you gonna tell me everything you did bab...

Dallas Steely Dan

I lived in no holy house but the Grand Hotel Back streets of this old town I know so well And I drunken no holy wine save Muscatel And now my friend I got to go You tell everyone I know Sayin' go...

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 and...

TIME OUT OF MIND Steely Dan

TIME OUT OF MIND Son you better be ready for love On this glory day This is your chance to believe What I've got to say Keep your eyes on the sky Put a dollar in the kitty Don't the moon look pre...

BLACK FRIDAY Steely Dan

BLACK 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 befor...

BARRYTOWN Steely Dan

BARRYTOWN I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange And though you're not my enemy I like things like they used to be And th...

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 O...

PRETZEL LOGIC Steely Dan

PRETZEL LOGIC I would love to tour the Southland In a travelling minstrel show Yes I'd love to tour the Southland In a traveling minstrel show Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh Sound...

cousin dupree Steely Dan

cousin dupree (5:28) 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 b...

DOWN IN THE BOTTOM Steely Dan

DOWN IN THE BOTTOM In case you're wondering it's alive and well That little habit that you left with me Here in the suburbs where it's hard to tell If I got the bear or if the bear got me How did...

FLORIDA ROOM Steely Dan

FLORIDA ROOM Start on Key Plantain Walk a tropical mile You'll see a house In the Spanish style There's a room in back With a view of the sea Where she sits and dreams Does she dream of me When ...

MEDICAL SCIENCE Steely Dan

MEDICAL SCIENCE [Japanese Import Only] My man Stanley Suave but manly Taking cover from the mark within Now he's hiding Pretty soon he's sliding Looking for a lonely heart to take refuge in Down...

THE FEZ Steely Dan

THE FEZ No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on Oh no That's what I am Please understand I wanna be your holy man No I'm never gonna do it wi...

THE NIGHTFLY Steely Dan

THE NIGHTFLY I'm Lester the Nightfly Hello Baton Rouge Won't you turn your radio down Respect the seven second delay we use So you say there's a race Of men in the trees You're for tough legisla...

THE ROYAL SCAM Steely Dan

THE ROYAL SCAM And they wandered in From the city of St. John Without a dime Wearing coats that shined Both red and green Colors from their sunny island From their boats of iron They looked upon ...

BAD SNEAKERS Steely Dan

BAD SNEAKERS Five names that I can hardly Stand to hear 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 ex...

janie runaway Steely Dan

janie runaway (4:08) It must have been my lucky Thursday Your dad went on that spree Before the crew could put out the fires You hopped a bus for NYC Down in Tampa the future looked desperate and...

HOME AT LAST Steely Dan

HOME AT LAST 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 Wel...

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 are h...

MAXINE Steely Dan

MAXINE Some say that we're reckless They say we're much too young Tell us to stop before we've begun We've got to hold out till graduation Try to hang on Maxine While the world is sleeping We me...

BODHISATTVA Steely Dan

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 Bodhi...

THIRD WORLD MAN Steely Dan

THIRD WORLD MAN 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 Soo...

WITH A GUN Steely Dan

WITH A GUN I could be wrong but I have seen your face before You were the man that I saw running from his door You owed him money but you gave him something more With a gun With a gun You will be...

LITTLE KAWAI Steely Dan

LITTLE KAWAI Here's a note from one Miss Turnbull Certain homework was not done Tiny holes in brand new windows From an unknown BB gun Cinder Annie and your Big Mommie Say the facts all point to ...