Charlie Freak Lyrics

Charlie Freak had but one thing to call his own
Three weight ounce pure golden ring no precious stone
Five nights without a bite, no place to lay his head
And if nobody takes him in he'll soon be dead

On the street he spied my face I heard him hail
In our plot of frozen space he told his tale
Poor man, he showed his hand, so righteous was his need
And me so wise I bought his prize for chicken feed

Newfound cash soon begs to smash a state of mind
Close inspection fast revealed his favorite kind
Poor kid, he overdid, embraced the spreading haze
And while he sighed his body died in fifteen ways

When I heard I grabbed a cab to where he lay
'Round his arm the plastic tag read 'D.O.A'
Yes Jack, I gave it back, the ring I could not own
Now come my friend I'll take your hand and lead you home

Steely Dan - Citizen Steely Dan: 1972-1980

Dec 1993

1. Midnite Cruiser
2. Razor Boy
3. The Boston Rag
4. Your Gold Teeth
5. Show Biz Kids
6. My Old School
7. Pearl Of The Quarter
8. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
9. Night By Night
10. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
11. Barrytown
12. East St. Louis Toodle-Do
13. Parker's Band
14. Through With Buzz
15. Pretzel Logic
16. With A Gun
17. Charlie Freak
18. Monkey In Your Soul
19. Black Friday
20. Bad Sneakers
21. Rose Darling
22. Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More
23. Doctor Wu
24. Everyone's GoneTo The Movies
25. Your Gold Teeth II
26. Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
27. Throw Back The Little Ones
28. Kid Charlemagne
29. The Caves Of Altamira
30. Don't Take Me Alive
31. Sign In Stranger
32. The Fez
33. Haitian Divorce
34. Everything You Did
35. The Royal Scam
36. Aja
37. Peg
38. Home At Last
39. I Got The News
40. Josie
41. Glamour Profession
42. Gaucho
43. Time Out Of Mind
44. My Rival
45. Third World Man
46. Everyone's Gone To The Movies (Demo)