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A race of angels bound with one another
A dish of dollars laid out for all to see A tower room at Eden Rock, his golf at noon for free Brooklyn owes the charmer under me Brooklyn owes the charner 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 Brooklyn owes the charmer under me A case of aces done up loose for dealing A piece of island coolin' in the sea The whole of time we gain or lose, and power enough to choose Brooklyn owes the charmer under me Brooklyn owes the charmer under me |
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from Steely Dan - Can'T Buy A Thrill (1999)
Your everlastin' summer, you can see it fadin' fast,
So you grab a piece of somethin' that you think is gonna last Well, 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 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 You've been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand Chorus I spent a lot of money and I spent a lot of time The trip we made to Hollywood is still 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 Chorus |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
I never seen you looking so bad my funky one
You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone *Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again When the demon is at your door In the morning it won't be there no more Any major dude will tell you Have you ever seen a squonk's tears? Well, look at mine The people on the street have all seen better times *Repeat I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you *Repeat |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
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 though you'd like some company I'm standing by myself Go play with someone else I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard I just read the Daily News and swear by every word And don't think that I'm out of line For speaking out for what is mine I'd like to see you do just fine But look at what you wear And the way you cut your hair I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled Barrytown people got to be from another world Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street And don't you scream or make a shout It's nothing you can do about It was there where you came out It's a special lack of grace I can see it in your face I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Take the worst of this quirky world
Roll it up in a ball Add the hair of a go-go girl Turn it into a dance that's called The bloody... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind You can talk about your daily grind While she'll dish out the soft shoe If makin' money doesn't suit your mind We've got something here Here for you You can sit there and suck your thumb Hear the rock and roll hum But you're just a crazy wall flower Till you join all your friends on the floor And do the... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind Take your clothes off and start to shake Shake rattle and roll Watch the walls and the ceiling quake Let it move your body and soul And do the... Brain Tap Shuffle Lose your mind You'll see the oceans part You'll think your goin' blind |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
A race of angels bound with one another
A dish of dollars laid out for all to see A tower room at Eden Rock, his golf at noon for free Brooklyn owes the charmer under me Brooklyn owes the charner 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 Brooklyn owes the charmer under me A case of aces done up loose for dealing A piece of island coolin' in the sea The whole of time we gain or lose, and power enough to choose Brooklyn owes the charmer under me Brooklyn owes the charmer under me |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
I recall when I was small
How I spent my days alone The busy world was not for me So I went and found my own I would climb the garden wall With a candle in my hand I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand On the stone an ancient hand In a faded yellow-green Made alive a worldly wonder Often told but never seen Now and ever bound to labor On the sea and in the sky Every man and beast appeared A friend as real as I *Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood Can it be this sad design Could be the very same A wooly man without a face And a beast without a name Nothin' here but history Can you see what has been done Memory rush over me Now I step into the sun *Repeat |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Charlie Freak had but one thing to call his own
Three weight ounce pure golden ring no precious stone Five nights without a bite No place to lay his head And if nobody takes him in He'll soon be dead On the street he spied my face I heard him hail In our plot of frozen space he told his tale Poor man, he showed his hand So righteous was his need And me so wise I bought his prize For chicken feed Newfound cash soon begs to smash a state of mind Close inspection fast revealed his favorite kind Poor kid, he overdid Embraced the spreading haze And while he sighed his body died In fifteen ways When I heard I grabbed a cab to where he lay 'Round his arm the plastic tag read D.O.A. Yes Jack, I gave it back The ring I could not own Now come my friend I'll take your hand And lead you home |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail
There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail Don't you see how eagerly the turtles and the lobsters all advance They are waiting on the shingle, won't you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance? (3x) You can really have no notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters in the sea But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance (Chorus) (2x) (Solo) What matters it how far we go? his scaly friend replied There is another shore, you know, upon the other side The further off from England the nearer is to France Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance (Chorus) (repeat to fade) |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
(vocalizing)
The fish are flying in the county seat The cops are searching for a missing beat And Billy Burroughs, is he still on the nod? Deal with the girlfriend, not a demigod But be assured that if this shaken world is sucked into the sun More to come There’s more to come And when the seventh day at last is done More to come There’s more to come The ladies sure look like they're craving for me But ain't that just what they're supposed to be? I hear the man is moving in next door The boys will have to use the second floor You might have answers I can understand, but I know only one More to come Yeah, more to come And when the seventh day at last is done More to come Yeah, more to come The kids have torn a yellow packard apart Ain't that enough to break a rich man’s heart? I see the rats have found the cradle again I'll let you know if I remember when There's one conclusion that I must defend, it's where we started from Ho! More to come Yeah, more to come And when the seventh day at last is done Ohhh, more to come More to come |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
When I'm sure you’re gone at last
I make believe that I have no past I make good cheer and wipe away all the tears I take another room, find another friend And when I feel that you're not real I stop and then Oh wow it's you again How odd I should meet you here Oh wow it's you again You haunt me You taunt me Why don't you disappear? This hotel had a view One brick wall and shades of blue I paid my bill and started over again I flipped another penny, counted up to ten I let’er rip just like a gypsy dog and then Oh wow it's you again How odd I should meet you here Oh wow it's you again You haunt me You taunt me Why don't you disappear? In this warm and foreign place There's not one familiar face It seems this time I've left myself far behind I write another letter I know I'll never send I lock the door and walk out for some air and then Oh wow it's you again How odd I should meet you here Oh wow it's you again You haunt me You taunt me Why don't you disappear? |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Savoy sides presents a new saxophone sensation
It's Parker's band with a smooth style of syncopation Kansas City born and growing You won't believe what the boys are blowing You got to come on man And take a piece of Mister Parker's band You'll be riding by, bareback on your armadillo You'll be grooving high or relaxing at Camarillo Suddenly the music hits you It's a bird in flight that just can't quit you You got to come on man And take a piece of Mister Parker's band We will spend a dizzy weekend smacked into a trance Me and you will listen to A little bit of what made the preacher dance Bring your horn along and you can add to the pure confection And if you can't fly you'll have to move in with the rhythm section Either way you're bound to function Fifty-Second Street's the junction You got to come on man And take a piece of Mister Parker's Clap your hands and take a piece of Mister Parker's Come on man and take a piece of Mister Parker's band |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
"Quick, some redhots," cried the handsome fullback
I'm so nervous at this lonely bivouac All the men have long since gone to bed Once again explaining why in Miss Cheever it's always raining And the roaring of the lamb Brought my friends out in the rain Now nobody's quite the same No one's to blame There's a fight reported in the wash-dry Smart Eugene refused to share his moon-pie What a shame they start them off so young Who's to blame for this one Who'll pay the prophet the day they miss one And the roaring of the lamb Then revealed its awesome powers And the minutes turned to hours No one's the same Blandon's baby broke for Eastern Parkway Red Kimono torn and soaked in salt spray Very chic, this wild thing on the run Magnifique, beguiling (nailed Gwynan's ???) daughter But no one's smiling And the roaring of the lamb Brought my friends out in the rain Now nobody's quite the same No one's to blame |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
When I lost my way home
I was helpless like a small child No eyes of my own That could take me through the nighttime No moonlight to guide me No shadow to hide me Then in the dark I found Sun Mountain I once had a friend Tried to help me in a bad way When I got to the end Of a long and lonely highway Strung out and downhearted Right back where I started There in the dark I found Sun Mountain Here in my world I remember all the things I left behind And if I need them they will be there, a part of my mind It's only a house And the rooftop is the blue sky No windows or walls And the days or years pass by I slept throught the daylight I woke up, it was midnight There in the dark I found Sun Mountain There in the dark I found Sun Mountain |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Hey people
I can't seem to make up my mind ‘cause I'm undecided You're the reason why My delay is just a way of telling you that I I love you Go away I hate you No please stay I want you I'm so undecided So divided inside of me Hey baby Suddenly I found that my whole world is turned upside down And I'm broken hearted I can testify Who can free this part of me? Till then I know that I I love you Go away I hate you No please stay I want you I'm so undecided So divided inside of me I love you Go away I hate you No please stay I want you I'm so undecided So divided inside of me I love you Go away I hate you No please stay I want you I'm so undecided So divided inside of me I love you Go away |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
Hunting in the Sea of Japan,
Ambrose left the tourist trail behind him. So bold with his gun in his hand, Of his furs there was no need to remind him. Tripping over a Holy Man, Mind that here you don't choose your friends, Ambrose asked for a helping hand, He heaved his chest, and pointed West, To where the river runs. With Josie back home on his mind, Brushing off the fruit flies of the season, And 'Brosie was surely struck blind, By a sight that defies human reason: On an island of gleaming rock, Jutting up from the blue lagoon, A ceremonial music box And from it flowed, a bright new mode, That made our hero swoon. A finer minor from China. The World when the traveler returned, As you know played out its bloody romances. But Ambrose he knew what he'd learned, With his prize in hand he took his chances. Soon the sound that delights the ear, Blended in with the armies' roar. When the warriors strained to hear, This new bebop, this shooting star, Their guns were bullet-full. A finer minor from China. A finer minor from China. A finer minor from China. |
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from Steely Dan - Sun Mountain (1986)
I'm about to cry and I don't know the reason
I can see the start of a difficult season I can't let it get me down when everything is going wrong Ain't it good to know that I can be strong? Darling as long as you go where I go I can't complain about the pain and the heartache* The tears when your kisses disguise the lies My eyes don't see And what do I need to know As long as you go where I go? Wake up in the morning where the bad news can't find me Walking in the sunshine with you right behind me This lazy living sure treats me right, but come tomorrow we’ll be gone And anywhere at all is where I belong Darling as long as you go where I go I'm unaware of the cares and the sorrow The hurt that your loving can hide from me My eyes don't see And what do I need to know As long as you go where I go? |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 excavation On Magnolia Boulevard CHORUS: And I'm going insane And I'm laughing at the frozen rain And I'm so alone Honey when they gonna send me home Bad sneakers and a Piña 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 CHORUS |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 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 'til 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 |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 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 |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
This is the day
Of the expanding man That shape is my shade There where I used to stand It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass At ramblers Wild gamblers That's all in the past You call me a fool You say it's a 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 the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink Scotch whisky all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blues My back to the wall A victim of laughing chance This is for me The essence of true romance Sharing the things we know and love With those of my kind Libations Sensations That stagger the mind 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 CHORUS This is the night Of the expanding the man I take one last drag As I approach the stand I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long This brother is free I'll be what I want to be CHORUS |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 your feet But the hangman isn't hangin' And they put you on the street CHORUS: You go back Jack do it again Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round You go back Jack do it again When you know she's no high climber Then you find your only friend In a room with your two timer And you're sure you're near the end Then you love a little wild one And she brings you only sorrow All the time you know she's smilin' You'll be on your knees tomorrow CHORUS Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of milk and honey You must put them on the table CHORUS |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 Elvis And somebody else's favorite song Give her some funked up music, she treats you nice Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice The girls don't seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right FM - no static at all Give her some funked up music she treats you nice Feed her some hungry reggae she'll love you twice The girls don't seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right FM - no static at all |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 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 times befallen The sole survivors She thinks I'm crazy But I'm just growing old Hey Nineteen No we got nothing in common No we can't talk at all Please take me along When you slide on down The Cuervo Gold The fine Columbian Make tonight a wonderful thing No we can't dance together No we can't talk at all |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
While the music played
You worked by candle light Those San Fransisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed The diamond with the pearl You 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 But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare At your technicolor motorhome Every A-Frame had your Number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go down to LA 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 the patrons have all Left you in the red Your low-rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those day-glow freaks 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 Clean this mess up Or we'll all end up in jail Those test-tubes and the scale Just get them all out of here Is there gas in the car I think the people down the hall Know who you are Careful what you carry 'Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 girls In the county jail I was smoking with the boys upstairs When I heard about the whole affair I said oh no William and Mary won't do CHORUS: Well I did not think the girl Could be so cruel And I'm never going back To my old school Oleanders growing outside her door Soon they're gonna be in bloom Up in Annandale I can't stand her Doing what she did before Living like a gypsy queen In a fairy tale Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna take her down to Mexico She said oh no Guadalajara won't do CHORUS California tumbles into the sea That'll be the day I go Back to Annandale Tried to warn you About Chino and Daddy Gee But I can't seem to get to you Through the U.S. Mail Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna take her down to Mexico She said oh no Guadalajara won't do CHORUS |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
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 It sure looks good on you So won't you smile for the camera I know I'll 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 |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
Your everlastin' summer, you can see it fadin' fast
So you grab a piece of somethin' that you think is gonna last Well, 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 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 You've been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean 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 still 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 |
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from Steely Dan - A Decade Of Steely (1985)
We hear you're leaving, that's ok
I thought our little wild time had just begun I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run But if you have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home I have a friend in town, he's heard your name We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row We could stay inside and play games, I don't know And you could have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home [break] You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home Rikki, don't lose that number (Rikki, don't lose that number) Rikki, don't lose that number |
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