Deacon Blues

Song Deacon Blues
Artist Steely Dan
Album Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972 - 1980

Lyrics

[00:14.16] This is the day
[00:16.29] Of the expanding man
[00:22.41] That shape is my shade
[00:24.60] There where I used to stand
[00:30.66] It seems like only yesterday
[00:34.91] I gazed through the glass
[00:37.97] At ramblers
[00:40.04] Wild gamblers
[00:42.16] That'll all in the past
[00:45.28]
[00:47.35] You call me a fool
[00:49.53] You say its a crazy scheme
[00:55.66] This ones for real
[00:57.72] I already bought the dream
[01:04.03] So useless to ask me why
[01:07.66] Throw a kiss and say goodbye
[01:12.35] I'll make it this time
[01:16.47] I'm ready to cross that fine line
[01:20.12]
[01:20.22] I'll learn to work the saxophone
[01:24.41] I'll play just what I feel
[01:28.10] Drink scotch whiskey all night long
[01:33.79] And die behind the wheel
[01:36.91] They got a name for the winners in the world
[01:40.97] I want a name when I lose
[01:44.72] They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
[01:50.97] Call me Deacon Blues
[01:55.04]
[02:06.53] My back to the wall
[02:08.72] A victim of laughing chance
[02:14.91] This is for me
[02:17.04] The essence of true romance
[02:23.22] Sharing the things we know and love
[02:27.47] With those of my kind
[02:30.60] Libations, sensations
[02:34.22] That stagger the mind
[02:36.79]
[02:39.35] I crawl like a viper
[02:42.04] Through these suburban streets
[02:48.22] Make love to these women
[02:50.41] Languid and bittersweet
[02:56.60] I'll rise when the sun goes down
[03:00.22] Cover every game in town
[03:04.85] A world of my own
[03:08.04]
[03:09.06] I'll make it my home sweet home
[03:12.63] I'll learn to work the saxophone
[03:17.10] I'll play just what I feel
[03:20.47] Drink scotch whiskey all night long
[03:26.10] And die behind the wheel
[03:29.22] They got a name for the winners in the world
[03:33.35] I want a name when I lose
[03:37.04] They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
[03:43.28] Call me Deacon Blues
[03:49.48]
[04:52.42] This is the night
[04:54.36] Of the expanding the man
[05:00.61] I take one last drag
[05:02.61] As I approach the stand
[05:08.67] I cried when I wrote this song
[05:12.49] Sue me if I play too long
[05:17.05] This brother is free
[05:20.68] I'll be what I want to be
[05:24.54]
[05:24.64] I'll learn to work the saxophone
[05:28.86] I'll play just what I feel
[05:32.61] Drink scotch whiskey all night long
[05:38.17] And die behind the wheel
[05:41.24] They got a name for the winners in the world
[05:45.30] I want a name when I lose
[05:48.92] They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
[05:55.11] Call me Deacon Blues
[06:02.34]