This is the age of the expanding man That shape is my shame, 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 Learn to work the saxophone, I''ll play just what I feel, Drink Scotch whisky all night long, And die behind the wheel They''ve 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 Back to the wall, 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, Libation, sensation, that standard of mine I crawl like a viper through the suburban streets Make love to thieves when languid and bitter sweet I rise when
Deacon Blues
Steely Dan
This is the age of the expanding man That shape is my shame, 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 Learn to work the saxophone, I''ll play just what I feel, Drink Scotch whisky all night long, And die behind the wheel They''ve 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 Back to the wall, 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, Libation, sensation, that standard of mine I crawl like a viper through the suburban streets Make love to thieves when languid and bitter sweet I rise when