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Steely Dan Database: lyrics of "Mr. Sam"

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Lyrics of

Mr. Sam

	
He / used to work here / in her garden / but he don't no more
Spellbound / by his pansies / he caressed them / on the greenhouse floor
She / was the lady / on the outside / [?searching, elegant, finally]
He / was the [?lowball] Cocker Spaniard / that we all ignore

Mister Sam don't look so good no more
I've never seen him cry out loud before

One / lovely evening / left abandoned / by her China man
She / on the rebound / she amazed him / with her sleight of hand
Smoking / fragrant opium / wild gambling / all the signs of a lifetime of
Leisure / with no worries / all the details / so precisely planned

Mister Sam don't look so good no more
I've never seen him cry out loud before

Long / past midnight / in the half light / just before the dawn
Broken / sorry animal / by the greenhouse / on the southeast lawn
Standing / almost human / crying please / and the screams could be heard we are
Told / by a neighbor / who is wakened / by his tuneless song

Mister Sam don't look so good no more
I've never seen him cry out loud before
	
	

Authors

Person Music Lyrics
View the picture Donald Fagen Yes Yes
View the picture Walter Becker Yes Yes

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