Pretzel Logic

Album: Pretzel Logic (1974)
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  • I would love to tour the Southland
    In a traveling minstrel show
    Yes I'd love to tour the Southland
    In a traveling minstrel show
    Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh
    Sound just like a record on the phonograph
    Those days are gone forever
    Over a long time ago, oh yeah
    I have never met Napoleon
    But I plan to find the time
    I have never met Napoleon
    But I plan to find the time
    'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill
    They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still
    Those days are gone forever
    Over a long time ago, oh yeah

    I stepped up on the platform
    The man gave me the news
    He said, You must be joking son
    Where did you get those shoes?
    Where did you get those shoes?

    Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show
    They say the times are changing but I just don't know
    These things are gone forever
    Over a long time ago, oh yeah Writer/s: DONALD JAY FAGEN, WALTER CARL BECKER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Lare To Steely Dan from St AugustineRediscovering SD a mixed shame and blessing. Third anniversary 9-3-20 .... RIP Walter.
  • Brad from FlTimothy B. Schmidt on BGVs.
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