HARD UP CASE Steely Dan

HARD UP CASE You told me once I was your pride and joy I guess those days are dead and gone You must have took me for some golden boy You didn't know what you were taking on It was a hard up case

MEDICAL SCIENCE Steely Dan

ring and do it all once more Does it hurt when I do this Can you laugh when I go like this All right keep it down This one's cool for maybe one more round Just look for big pieces when we sweep up

Godwhacker Steely Dan

beginning We could hang with the dude But it's been too much of nothing Of that stank attitude Now they curse your name And there's a bounty on your face It's your own fault daddy GodWhacker's on the case

BROOKLYN (OWES THE CHARMER UNDER ME) Steely Dan

charmer Under me His lady's aching To bring a body down She daily preaches On where she wants to be An evening with a movie queen A face we all have seen Brooklyn owes the charmer Under me A case

jack of speed Steely Dan

at the speed of light He's changed - in a thousand little ways He's changed - yes indeed You know he's movin' on metal, yes he's Hanging tight with the Jack of Speed Sheena's party - there's a case

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

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

TEAHOUSE ON THE TRACKS Steely Dan

Siegel Bros. were slammin' out a baion So slick it should have been a crime Irene and Flocko and little Amy Khan Lead off the big front line The crowd was bouncin' in sync with the pulse You get a case

CHANGE OF THE GUARD Steely Dan

GUARD If you listen you can hear it It's the laughter in the street It's the motion in the music And the fire beneath your feet All the signs are right this time You don't have to try so very hard

MONKEY IN YOUR SOUL Steely Dan

MONKEY IN YOUR SOUL I got one and you want four It's so hard to help you I can't keep up with you no more And you treat me like it's a sin But you can't lock me in You want me here with you right

Don't Take Me Alive Steely Dan

forgiven Mad Dog surrender How can I answer A man of my mind can do anything [Chorus:] I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case

MY RIVAL Steely Dan

into my space Somebody screamed somewhere I struck a match against the door Of Anthony's Bar and Grill I was the whining stranger A fool in love With time to kill I've got detectives on his case

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

janie runaway Steely Dan

Who makes me feel like painting again Honey it's you - Janie Runaway Let's plan a weekend alone together Drive out to Binky's place The sugar shack in Pennsylvania Or would that be a federal case

THE GOODBYE LOOK Steely Dan

day I came to stay On this quiet island in the bay I remember a line of women all in white The laughter and the steel bands at night Now the Americans are gone exept for two The embassy's been hard

GLAMOR PROFESSION Steely Dan

Jim again When it's all over We'll make some calls from my car We're a star It's a glamour profession The L.A. concession Local boys will spend a quarter Just to shine the silver bowl Living hard

west of hollywood Steely Dan

all the way from here and now to hell and gone I was Kid Clean She was Anne de Siecle Just a thrill away from punching through to the cosmic wow It started out good Then it got lots better Makin' up

Pixeleen Steely Dan

Square Her cell phone rings It's, like, her stupid father Be in the door by ten again Pixeleen Dream deep my three-times perfect ultrateen Pixeleen Born in the bogs of Jersey Trained how to love and spy hard

GIRLFRIEND Steely Dan

Stranded 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

HAT TOO FLAT Steely Dan

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 hard

HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan

I Hey Nineteen No 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

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

PEARL OF THE QUARTER Steely Dan

PEARL OF THE QUARTER On the water down in New Orleans My baby's the pearl of the quarter She's a charmer like you never seen Singing voulez vous Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay Red

Glamour Profession Steely Dan

Jungle Jim again When it's all over we'll make some calls from my car, we're a star It's a glamour profession The L.A. concession Local boys will spend a quarter Just to shine the silver bowl Living hard

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

BOOK OF LIARS Steely Dan

and I came so far To find out you're not always who you say you are And there's a star in the book of liars by your name Santa Claus came in late last night Drunk on Christmas wine Fell down hard

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

SNOWBOUND Steely Dan

SNOWBOUND At Nervous Time We roll downtown We've got scenes to crash We're gonna trick and trash We're gonna find some fun We hit the street With visors down With our thermasuits Sealed up

KINGS Steely Dan

led the charge and saved the day Blue blood and rain I can hear the bugle playin' CHORUS: We seen the last of Good King Richard Ring out the past his name lives on Roll out the bones and raise up

FM Steely Dan

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 Elvis And somebody else's favorite song Give her some funked up

MAXINE Steely Dan

the suburban sprawl Try to hang on Maxine Mexico City is like another world Nice this year they say You'll be my senorita In jeans and pearls But first let's get off this highway We'll move up

JUNKIE GIRL Steely Dan

doesn't matter how it got this way 'Cause we could make it through this thing together I know you're laughing but I got to say Now I still want you maybe more than ever No fooling it's a fucked up

Everything Must Go Steely Dan

It's high time for a walk on the real side Let's admit the bastards beat us I move to dissolve the corporation In a pool of margaritas So let's switch off all the lights And light up all the Luckies Crankin

COUNTERMOON Steely Dan

COUNTERMOON On a night like this You look up at your lover It's like you're in some old cartoon Then you detect The scent of faded roses Up in the sky There's that cruel countermoon Could that

Reelin' In The Years Steely Dan

, you wouldn''t even 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

MY OLD SCHOOL Steely Dan

MY OLD SCHOOL 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

Things I Miss The Most Steely Dan

when I remember the things I miss the most: The talk The sex Somebody to trust The Audi TT The house on the Vineyard The house on the gulf coast These are the things I miss the most I kinda like frying up

Slang Of Ages Steely Dan

If you grew up in Amsterdam Then I'm the Duke of Earl These tabs look iffy you say they're good Let's roll with the homeys knock on wood Drop me off in Groovetime Soothe me with the Slang of Ages Show

gaslighting abbie Steely Dan

maybe tonight a hand of solitaire CHORUS: Flame is the game The game we call gaslighting Abbie It's a luscious invention for three One summer by the sea With the long weekend that's comin' up

PEG Steely Dan

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

Peg (Album Version) Steely Dan

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

KID CHARLEMAGNE Steely Dan

who used to paint the 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 CHORUS Clean this mess up

THE BOSTON RAG Steely Dan

buddies That it ain't no drag Bring back the Boston Rag You were Lady Bayside There was nothing that I could do So I pointed my car down Seventh Avenue Lonnie swept the playroom And he swallowed up

This Seats Been Taken Steely Dan

This seat's been taken Don't ask me where she's coming from You're quite mistaken You know she's gonna' be here I know she's gonna' come She must have a reason I will understand I know she'll turn up

The Last Mall Steely Dan

the Last Mall We've got a sweetheart Sunset Special On all of the standard stuff 'Cause in the morning that gospel morning You'll have to do for yourself when the going gets tough Roll your cart back up

TRANS-ISLAND SKYWAY Steely Dan

the year With all screens and functions In sync lock with Tripstar This cool rolling bubble Is all set to samba This route could be trouble (This route could be trouble) Chorus: Steamin' up

FIRE IN THE HOLE Steely Dan

cough I shake it off And work around my yellow stripe Should I hide And eat my pride Or wait until it's good and ripe My life is boiling over It's happened once before I wish someone would open up

This Seat's Been Taken Steely Dan

care This seat's been taken Don't ask me where she's coming from You're quite mistaken You know she's gonna be here I know she's gonna come She must have a reason, I will understand I know, she'll turn up

SURF AND/OR DIE Steely Dan

SURF AND/OR DIE Earthbound to Johnny boy just picked up your message 'Bout those Balinese ikats you thought I might buy Now your voice on my machine is more alive than what you are Since your daredevil

A Little With Sugar Steely Dan

I remember Christmas morning Back in 1954 When we moved up to Mount Savage As if it mattered anymore Mama always said How the air can clear her head We were colder and much higher Than we ever were before