Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Donald Fagen
Keyboards
Walter Becker
Guitar
Chuck Findley
Trumpet
Bernard Purdie
Drums
Bob Findley
Trumpet
Chuck Rainey
Bass
Clydie King
Background Vocals
Dick Hyde
Trombone
Don Grolnick
Keyboards
Gary Coleman
Percussion
Michael McDonald
Background Vocals
Sherlie Matthews
Background Vocals
Timothy B. Schmit
Background Vocals
Venetta Fields
Background Vocals
Victor Feldman
Percussion
Weldon Dean Parks
Solo
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donald Fagen
Songwriter
Walter Becker
Songwriter
Chuck Findley
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gary Katz
Producer
Barney Perkins
Mixing Engineer
Elliot Scheiner
Engineer
Roger Nichols
Engineer
Lyrics
Babs and Clean Willie were in love, they said
So in love, the preacher's face turned red
Soon everybody knew the thing was dead
He shouts, she bites, they wrangle through the night, yeah
She go crazy, got to make a getaway
Papa say, "Oh, no hesitation
No tears and no hearts breakin'
No remorse"
"Oh, congratulations
This is your Haitian divorce"
She takes the taxi to the good hotel
Bon marché, as far as she can tell
She drinks the zombie from the coco shell
She feels all right, she get it on tonight, yeah
Mr. Driver, take me where the music play
Papa say
"Oh, no hesitation
No tears and no hearts breakin'
No remorse"
"Oh, congratulations
This is your Haitian divorce"
At the Grotto in the greasy chair
Sits the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair
When she smiled, she said it all
The band was hot, so
They danced the famous merengue
Now we dolly back
Now we fade to black
Tearful reunion in the USA
Day by day, those memories fade away
Some babies grow in a peculiar way
It changed, it grew, and everybody knew, yeah
Semi-mojo, who's this kinky so-and-so?
Papa go
"Oh, no hesitation
No tears and no hearts breakin'
No remorse"
"Oh, congratulations
This is your Haitian divorce"
Writer(s): Donald Jay Fagen, Walter Carl Becker
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