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Artist: Steely Dan
Canonical path: /steely-dan/black-friday
Related lyric paths: 6
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Black Friday
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Black Friday
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When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door
And catch all the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor
When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed
And before my friends find out I'll be on the road
When Black Friday falls you know it's got to be
Don't let it fall on me
When Black Friday comes I'll fly down to Muswellbrook
Gonna strike all the big red words from my little black book
Gonna do just what I please, gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed all the Kangaroos
When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill
You know I will
When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it till I satisfy my soul
Gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop gonna sanctify me
And if he don't come across I' m gonna let it roll
When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim
I guess I'll change my name
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