| Artist | Steely Dan |
| Album | Gaucho |
| Year | 1980 |
| Credits | Walter Becker: Guitar, Bass, Solo Guitar Donald Fagen: Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Organ, Solo Guitar: Mark Knopfler, Steve Khan, Larry Carlton Guitar: Steve Khan, Hugh McCracken, Hiram Bullock, Rick Derringer Bass: Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson Drums: Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta Electric Piano: Joe Sample, Don Grolnick, Patrick Rebillot Piano: Rob Mounsey Synthesizer: Rob Mounsey Percussion: Victor Feldman, Crusher Bennett, Steve Gadd, Ralph McDonald Clavinet: Don Grolnick Woodwind: George Marge, Walter Kane, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Ronny Cuber, Dave Tofani, Tom Scott Brass: Randy Brecker, Wayne Andre Backing Vocals: Leslie Miller, Patti Austin, Toni Wine, Lani Groves, Diva Gray, Gordon Grady, Frank Floyd, Zack Sanders, Valerie Simpson, Michael McDonald |
| Comments | All words and music by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. |
| Tracks |
Babylon Sisters Hey Nineteen Glamour Profession Gaucho Time Out of My Mind My Rival Third World Man |
Drive west on Sunset to the sea Turn that jubgle music down Just until we're out of town This is no one night stand It's a real occassion 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 fin so young Tell me I'm the only one Here come those Santa Anna 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 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 [chorus] [solo] 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 watched all his bridges burn From the point of no return [chorus]
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 I'm just growing old Hey Nineteen No we got nothin' in common No we can't talk at all Please take me along when you slide on down [solo] ad libbed lines nice, sure looks good, hm hm hmm, skate a little lower now The Cuervo Gold The fine Columbian Make tonight a wonderful thing [say it again] The Cuervo Gold The fine Columbian Make tonight a wonderful thing The Cuervo Gold The fine Columbian Make tonight a wonderful thing We can't dance together No we can't talk at all.
6:05 outside the stadium Special delivery for Hoops McCann Brut and Charisma poured from the shadow where he stood Looking good he's a crowd pleasing man One on one He's schoolyard superman Crashing the backboard he's 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 will take its toll Illegal fun Under the sun All aboard The Carib Cannibal Off to Barbados just for the ride Jock with his radar stalking the dread moray eel At the wheel with his Eurasian bride On the town we dress for action Celluloid bikers is Friday's theme I drove the Chrysler Watched from the darkness while they danced I'm the one [chorus] Hollywood I know your middle name Who inspires your fabled fools that's my claim to fame [solo] Jive Miguel he's in from Bogota Meet me at midnight at Mr. Chow Szechuan dumplings after the deal has been done I'm the one [chorus]
Just when I say 'Boy you 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 know you're a special friend But you don't seem to understand We got heavy rollers I think you should know Try again tomorrow Can't you see they're laughing at me Get rid off him I don't care what you do at home Would you care to explain Who is the Gaucho amigo, Why is he standing In your spangled leather poncho And your elevator shoes Bodacious cowboys Such as your friend Will never be welcome here High in the Custerdome What I tell you Back down the line I'll scratch your back, You can scratch mine No he cant sleep on the floor, What do you think I'm yelling for? I'll drop him near the freeway Doesn't he have a home Lord I know you're a special friend But you refuse to undrestand You're a nasty schoolboy With no place to go Try again tomorrow Dont tell me he'll wait in the car, Look at you, Holding hands with the man from the Rio Would you care to explain? Who is the Gaucho amigo, Why is he standing In your spangled leather poncho With the studs that match your eyes Bodacious cowboys Such as your friend Will never be welcome here High in the Custerdome
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 pretty Tonight when I chase the dragon, The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind Im holding the mystical stone It's direct from Lasa Where people are rolling in the snow Far from the world we know Children we have it right here Its the light in my eyes Its perfection and grace Its the smile on my face Tonight when I chase the dragon, The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind [solo] Children we have it right here Its the light in my eyes Its perfection and grace Its the smile on my face Tonight when I chase the dragon, The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind
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 somwhere 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 this case They filmed the whole charade [My rival-show me my rival] He's got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now [solo] I still recall when I first held Your tiny hand in mine [My rival-show me my rival] I loved you more than I can tell But now it's stomping time [chorus]
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 Soon you'll throw down your disguise We'll see behind those bright eyes By and by When the sidewalks are safe For the little guys I saw the fireworks I believed that I was dreaming Till the neighbours came out screaming He's a third world man [chorus] When he's crying out I just sing that Ghana Rondo E'lera del terzo mondo He's a third world man [chorus]