Steely Dan Database
Earthbound to Johnny boy just picked up your message Bout those Balinese ikats you thought I might buy Now you're voice on my machine is more alive than what you are Since your daredevil hang glider fell out of the sky Now Armand's looked all over but he can't find your car keys Were they under the tire? Were they under the seat? Because it stands now your beloved white Aries Is fair game for the vandals up on Makapuu Street And your Grandmothers number, we know it's somewhere But Suz can't seem to find it, now she's losing control And so what about her, and little Eldon and Layla And that hypothetical spectre, your gilt edged soul Which defied many perils, in the face of all reason And in so many settings and for all your young years Insisting on pure freedom for it's too short season Riding high on it's ration of enchantment and fear Over the hill and into the next meadow on and on and on In a near random universe there are still certain combinations Picked out from all other possible ones Which, when given some time and the just-right circumstances Not too far from the earth or too close to the sun They will dance and they'll spin in the embrace of the trade winds Playing havoc with the hearts and the upturned faces down below Until the laws of curved space-time, suspend without warning Kick back in with a vengeance for the last act of the show Going too far too fast in the final wing over As your glider comes tumbling out of the clouds And you clutch at your chest but the shoot never opens And they find you there tangled in the white nylon shroud When we get Grandma's number I think I'll just say to her Your Johnny's home for Christmas it was a heel of a ride And I know that someday you'll be showing me those blankets All covered in glory on the hereafter side, saying There was never any question, it was always all or nothing Surf and/or die