The timing was rightAnd I should have quitAnd would have if I’d thought of itNow this can only get worse before any of it gets betterI plot my moves and map the stagesBut it all gets lost on you between the pagesAnd I’m afraid I lack the things I needWe were set to debateBut I couldn’t speak upSo I lost another campaign to win your loveAs the trail winds on and keeps dragging me farther from yesterdayI took my time with perfect planningBut my words don’t mean a thing if you’re not understandingAnd I’m afraid I lack the things I need to knowLike why you’re letting goI plot my moves and map the stagesBut it all gets lost on you between the pagesAnd I’m afraid I lack the things I need

Maybe Im wrongI should just keep moving on...I suppose.But Ill see it throughJust like some kind of fool.You say you careThat this kind of lifeLeads nowhere.Still I guess Ill see it throughJust like some kind of foolThe rules of the gameWe constantly playCan be cruel.If nothing else remainsIve promised to stayAnd I do.Crying again you say these wordsAre just sentimental thingsBut Ill stay with youJust like some kind of fool.All the things we sayApportioning blame are untrueAnd nothing else remainsIve promised to stayAnd I doAnd I do… like some kind of fool.The rules of the gameWe so often playCan be cruel.If nothing else remainsIve promised to stayAnd I doAnd I do… like some kind of fool

The plans are madeI’m boarding a shuttle and shooting myself into space to say I love youDon’t turn awayOr you’ll miss me skywriting words up in space that I just can’t say to your faceLike I don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without youI don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without youOn the wayI’m slowly discovering the huge mistake I’ve made that time’s uncoveringI’m finding outStaring out windows at clouds is a big letdown when done without youAnd I don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without youI don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without youMy whole plan unravels‘cause the farther I travel is the farther you fade from my viewSo I made a correctionOne change in directionI’m heading straight back to youAnd I don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without youI don’t want to ever be without you anymoreI don’t want to be without you

I always let the games beginIf I’m for you and you’re for meShouldn’t we win?If we start over againIt’s like we let shooting stars burn clear through our skin then let ‘em goLet ‘em goYou never promise me you willStaring down the barrel but you never shoot to killYeah you just do it for the thrillLike catching fireflies at night up on the hill just to let ‘em goLet ‘em goLet ‘em goLet ‘em goJust like the sand in an hourglass drains till it runs outI know this moment is doing the sameAnd there’s no doubtThe fireflies no sooner came than burned outLet ‘em goLet ‘em goLet ‘em goLet ‘em go

I don’t really wanna let you goI don’t really wanna try harder thoughI never thought we’d be sinking so lowDangerously close to the bottomThe grass is greener on the other sideThere’s nothing left to do but watch ours dieIt’s been awhile since the sun’s even shinedDangerously close to the bottomDangerously close to the bottomWe’re dangerously close

I run my thoughts into the ground againAnd only stop if you say when‘cause doing what you do instead of what you sayWas the first mistake I madeAll was well for youI’m off your mind you’re on your wayIf you think you can’t decideFind out what it takesYou say you couldn’t have stopped it even if you tried toBut nothing’s changed and nothing’s newI’m company discarded for company you keepI wish you well then fall asleepBut sleeping fails as a means of escapeI just end up awakeI don’t ask why we’re throughA reason must be on its waySomething tied to why you can’t explainYou say you couldn’t have stopped it even if you tried toBut nothing’s changed and nothing’s newYou say you couldn’t have felt it but you never tried toNothing’s changed and nothing’s newIt’s too hard to ignore things I used to say but can’t say anymoreFor now I’m held at bay when somewhere down the line I’ll forget you anywayBut anywayYou say you couldn’t have stopped it even if you tried toBut nothing’s changed and nothing’s newYou say you couldn’t have felt it but you never tried toNothing’s changed and nothing’s newNothing’s new

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Lyricist- Walter Carl Becker Donald Jay Fagen

Artist- Steely Dan

Album- The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years [Compilation]

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We're gonna break out the hats and hooters When josie comes home We're gonna rev up the motor scooters When josie comes home to stay We're gonna park in the street Sleep on the beach and make it Throw down the jam till the girls say when Lay down the law and break it When josie comes home When josi ...

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