Drink scotch whiskey, all night long

[Taverner]

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....

[RedEarth]

1. good song.....by...Dire Straits?

[Fenris]

3. Fie!

Steely Dan!

[Arugula Latte]

5. Nope -- Steely Dan (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen) and

and how many times have I heard and enjoyed that great song? I would say more than 100. Thank you poster for bringing these lyrics to DU.

[Hobarticus]

2. 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

[zeemike]

14. You forgot

I'll learn to work the saxophone
And I'll play just what I feel
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues.

I also like Big Black Cow.

[Fovea]

4. "Agents of the law, luckless pedestrians

I know you're out there, with rage in your eyes and your megaphones.
Saying all is forgiven, mad dog surrender! How can I answer? A man of my mind can do anything..."

[tXr]

7. Don't Take Me Alive

DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE

Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrian
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying all is 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 of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive

Can you hear the evil crowd
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I am

[Fovea]

10. Its my personal theme song...

I sat there transfixed the first time I heard it.

[tXr]

13. I love Steely Dan...

I've listened to them since I was a kid in the 70s, awesome musicianship and intelligent lyrics! 'Don't Take Me Alive' is one of my personal favorites, also, though there are so many other great songs to choose from. The Dan Rules!

[redqueen]

6. I like the one that goes

"that right-wing hooey sure stunk up the joint"

:loveya:

[redqueen]

8. That's from Jack of Speed

Not that anyone cares.

Guys?

Okay, I'm going to my room now.

[tXr]

9. Aja

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 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 dancin' 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 dancin' is through
I run to you

[EstimatedProphet]

11. And another one

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 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 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

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

[Taverner]

16. Love that one and "Hey Nineteen"

Dan was classic!

[EstimatedProphet]

12. And yet another one

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 just like a record on the phonograph
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time
I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time
'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill
They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

I stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said, You must be joking son
Where did you get those shoes?
Where did you get those shoes?

Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show
They say the times are changing but I just don't know
These things are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

[tXr]

15. Josie

one of my all time Dan favorites!

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 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

Jo would you love to scrapple
She'll never say 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

[Pithlet]

17. One of the few albums

Where I love every single song.

Steely Dan is great.

[Beaverhausen]

18. Who is the Gaucho amigo?

why is he standing in that spangeled leather poncho
with the studs that match your eyes?
Boudacious cowboys such as your friend
Will never be welcome here
High in the Custerdome.