Don't Take Me Alive lyrics

Agents of the law,

luckless pedestrian,

I know you're out there

with rage in your eyes and your megaphones.

Saying: "All is forgiven,

mad dog, surrender!"

How can I answer,

a man of my mind can do anything.

I'm a bookkeeper's son,

I don't want to shoot no one.

Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon,

don't take me alive.

Got a case of dynamite

I could hold out here all night.

Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon,

don't take me alive.

Can you hear the evil crowd,

the lies and the laughter.

I hear my inside,

the mechanized hum of another world.

Where no sun is shining,

no red light flashing.

Here in this darkness,

I know what I've done.

I know all at once who I am.

I'm a bookkeeper's son,

I don't want to shoot no one.

Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon,

don't take me alive.

Got a case of dynamite

I could hold out here all night.

Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon,

don't take me alive.

• Artist:Steely Dan
• Album:The Royal Scam