Blues Beach lyrics

Song information

Artist: Steely Dan
Album: Everything Must Go

Lyrics

I was scrapin' bottom
Groping in the dark
It takes a crusty punk to really beat
The mean streets of medicine park
So I shifted left and out of town
Then I clicked my heels and I doubled down to

Blues beach, I'm frying
Sizzling in the merciful rays
And it's the long sad sunday of the early resigned

I went to central station
To catch that early bus
They were gassed and runnin' in every which way
But unhappily not for us
Here come trina—the child bride
I said hey pretty girl—can I cop a ride to

Blues beach, it's raining
I'm chilling at the manatee bar
Well it's a stone soul picnic for the early resigned

We can rent a paranymphic glider
My hypothetical friend
And we could sail away to the bending end

Grab big dog a blanket
Angel of my heart
Things may get a whole lot worse
Before suddenly falling apart
Give your roommate yvonne a ring
'Cause if she still wants in I gotta pull some strings

On blues beach, I'm dying
Freezin' in the merciful rays
And it's the long sad sunday of the early resigned