Steely Dan

Junkie Girl

Steely Dan


In the good old bad part of this college town 
Men in business suits they run you down 
You take their money just like you take mine 
You send it bubbling down the thin blue line 
It doesn't matter how it got this way 
'Cause we could make it through this thing together 
I know you're laughing but I got to say 
Now I still want you maybe more than ever 

No fooling it's a fucked up world 
So be cool my little junkie girl 

The cops are out to shut the district down 
I comb the ruins of your stomping grounds 
Stanyan Street looking like that third world war 
You come up blazing like an open sore 
Now I believe you but I got to know 
How come the right side of your brain is hurting 
So take me with you baby when you go 
Through to the white side of your China curtain 

No fooling it's a fucked up world 
So be cool my little junkie girl 

In the good old bad part of this college town 
Men in grey limousines will drive you down 
You take their money just like you take mine 
Where does it get you on that thin blue line 
Now I can hardly hear you anymore 
Your eyes are empty and your voice is hollow 
I see you waving from a distant shore 
And where you're going I don't dare to follow 

No fooling that's another world 
Good luck my little junkie girl