West Of Hollywood

Steely Dan

Brother in tears



Look at this chain of sorrows



Stretching all the way from here and now to hell and gone




I was Kid Clean



She was Anne de Siecle



Just a thrill away from punching through to the cosmic wow




It started out good



Then it got lots better



Makin' up the rules as we went along



But with a business like this



There's an gnarly downside




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I'm way deep into nothing special



Riding the crest of a wave breaking just west of Hollywood




Swingin' so hard



We burned right through the summer



Till the axis of pain/pleasure sheared the arc of desire




From the Rebus affair



To the streets of Culver City



Places and events slip below the horizon line




Now at this time



Into our pretty story



The truth compels us



To bring a certain name



Meet if you will



Doctor Warren Kruger




CHORUS






She reached out for my hand



While I watched myself lurch across the room



And I almost got there




Look in my eyes



Can't you see the core is frozen?



You can't ask me to access the dreams I don't have now




Sadly for us



Our little talk is over



So together we'll endure the tyranny of the disallowed




Don't you love Port Blanc



When Hooterie is over



When the girls get easy and the crowds are gone



A weekend of bliss



Then the rainy season




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