Black Cow lyrics

In the corner

of my eye

I saw you in Rudy's,

you were very high.

You were high!

It was a cryin' disgrace.

They saw your face.

On the counter,

by your keys,

was a book of numbers

and your remedies.

One of these

surely will screen out the sorrow:

but where are you tomorrow.

I can't cry anymore

while you run around.

Break away!

Just when it

seems so clear

that it's over now,

drink your big black cow

and get out of here.

Down to Greene Street,

there you go.

Lookin' so outrageous

and they tell you so.

You should know,

how all the pros play the game:

you change your name.

Like a gangster

on the run

you will stagger homeward

to your precious one.

I'm the one

who must make everything right:

talk it out till daylight.

I don't care anymore

why you run around.

Break away!

Just when it

seems so clear

that it's over now,

drink your big black cow

and get out of here.

• Artist:Steely Dan
• Album:Aja