Steely Dan Database
Yeah, this is my man Jerome Coming in fast and loud Veteran of the late unrest Running with the sporting crowd Hiding out in the alley Walking on broken glass Talking about damnation Waiting for the moon to pass Hunkering on God's sidewalk Drinking that turpentine Bringing out a bag of dog food For very good friend of mine Yeah, me and my friend jerome Come all the way across town Meet the boys And make some noise And to kick that gun around Now kick it Don't look now You got stuck in the jaws of time somehow Don't you worry what you see What you get to drag down the gutters of eternity To settle down and Put your goggles on Get the popcorn ready You know we're running a little long Oh yeah, roll them Joe Sit back and let youself enjoy the show Oh yeah, there you are Ripped to the tits on roam along Talking bout your long lost friend Maybe feeling sorry for yourself in the end Don't we remember? She was seventeen And all the words came easy And now you're talking to the dawn Now, who's to say Exactly what it was that blew that girl away? But now we know you know you just traded in her ass On the Ghost of Hipness Past [Solo] Hand me down my belongings Throw 'em in a paper sack Running from a hellhound armchair With tragedy on my back Talk about two trains running Gonna be the end of me Gotta make a midnight rendezvous On the corner of 6 and D Murderous thoughts and glances Go whistling through the dark Wondering about mortality While I'm praying for a place to park Yeah, me and my friend jerome Come all the way acrosss town Meet the boys Make some noise And to kick that gun around Now kick it [Solo] Miles away You're lost in the here tomorrow gone today Looking back where once you stood And wondering was it really all that bad or all that good But there he goes again With the pork pie hat And the highboy collar Riding the train to Dewey Square Oh, way down where Chasing what was really never anywhere But this time I think you captured it at last It's the Ghost of Hipness Past It's the Ghost of Hipness Past