Steely Dan Database
I pulled my house down and made my invocation To the clapped-out pleasures of a dying world A whole new fresh for '94 situation A brand new city and a brand new girl Then I went down to the Union Station Where I stood there crying in the lonely queue That's when I knew my true destination That's when I come all over again in love with you Poor little match-girl heart I thought I felt you beating Against the crossed rhythms of your chorus line I'm not hard of hearing there's no need in repeating I guess I already heard you now the second time Spell out your demands on tattered funny pages Hung out like proud banners in the cobalt sky Strung out like a ribbon through the bars and the cages We'll read them all weeping in the salty by and by Yeah Kingdom come Seven come eleven Yeah Kingdom come Seven come eleven So I quit the pale precincts of your endless evening Of your long-suffering New Jerusalem You won't do me with any easy loaves and fishes But hey that starlet rising, now that's a nifty one Last night I walked down to the near side of the river There was a golden city shining in the sun Where we all laughed and loved all our chump change sins forgiven But you know me I'll believe it when that day is come Walter Becker, (c) 1994/2018