The Royal Scam Lyrics

The song The Royal Scam is performed by Steely Dan in the album named Citizen Steely Dan: 1972-1980 in the year 1993 .



And they wandered in from the city of St. John
Without a dime
Wearing coats that shined both red and green
Colors from their sunny island

From their boats of iron they looked upon the promised land
Where surely life was sweet
On the rising tide to New York City
Did they ride into the street

See the glory
Of the royal scam

They are hounded down to the bottom of a bad town
Amid the ruins
Where they learn to fear an angry race of fallen kings
Their dark companions

While the memory of their southern sky was clouded by
A savage winter
Every patron saint hung on the wall, shared the room
With twenty sinners

See the glory
Of the royal scam

By the blackened wall he does it all
He thinks he's died and gone to Heaven
Now the tale is told by the old man back home
He reads the letter

How they are paid in gold just to babble in the back room
All night and waste their time
And they wandered in from the city of St. John
Without a dime

See the glory
Of the royal scam

See the glory
Of the royal scam

See the glory
Of the royal scam



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)

The Royal Scam