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Deacon Blues

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Deacon Blues was released on September 23, 1977 by Geffen as a part of the album Aja

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Scott

Horn Conductor

Lee Ritenour

Guitar

Donald Fagen

Lead Vocals

Walter Becker

Bass

Bernard Purdie

Drums

Clydie King

Background Vocals

Larry Carlton

Guitar

Pete Christlieb

Pete Christlieb

Tenor Saxophone

Sherlie Matthews

Sherlie Matthews

Background Vocals

V. Feldman

Electric Piano

Venetta Fields

Background Vocals

Weldon Parks

Acoustic Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Donald Fagen

Songwriter

Walter Becker

Songwriter

Tom Scott

Horn Arranger

Larry Carlton

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gary Katz

Producer

Al Schmitt

Engineer

Bill Schnee

Engineer

Ed Rack

Assistant Engineer

Elliot Scheiner

Elliot Scheiner

Engineer

Joe Bellamy

Assistant Engineer

Ken Klinger

Assistant Engineer

Lenise Bent

Assistant Engineer

Linda Tyler

Assistant Engineer

Roger Nichols

Engineer

Ron Pangaliman

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

This is the day of the expanding man

That shape is my shade

There where I used to stand

It seems like only yesterday

I gazed through the glass

At ramblers, wild gamblers

That's all in the past

[Verse 2]

You call me a fool

You say it's a crazy scheme

This one's for real

I already bought the dream

So useless to ask me why

Throw a kiss and say goodbye

I'll make it this time

I'm ready to cross that fine line

[Chorus]

Learn to work the saxophone

I play just what I feel (I play just what I feel)

Drink scotch whiskey all night long

And die behind the wheel

They got a name for the winners in the world

I want a name when I lose (I want a name when I lose)

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)

[Verse 3]

My back to the wall

A victim of laughing chance

This is for me

The essence of true romance

Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind

Libations, sensations

That stagger the mind

[Verse 4]

I crawl like a viper

Through these suburban streets

Make love to these women

Languid and bittersweet

I'll rise when the sun goes down

Cover every game in town

A world of my own

I'll make it my home sweet home

[Chorus]

Learn to work the saxophone

I play just what I feel (I play just what I feel)

Drink scotch whiskey all night long

And die behind the wheel

They got a name for the winners in the world

I want a name when I lose (I want a name when I lose)

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)

[Verse 5]

This is the night of the expanding man

I take one last drag as I approach the stand

I cried when I wrote this song

Sue me if I play too long

This brother is free

I'll be what I want to be

[Chorus]

I'll learn to work the saxophone

I play just what I feel (I play just what I feel)

Drink scotch whiskey all night long

And die behind the wheel

They got a name for the winners in the world

I want a name when I lose (I want a name when I lose)

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide

Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)

Written by: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker

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