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Artist: Steely Dan
Canonical path: /steely-dan/the-boston-rag
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Boston Rag
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The Boston Rag
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Any news was good news
And the feeling was bad at home
I was out of mind and you
Were on the phone
Lonnie was the kingpin
Back in nineteen sixty-five
I was singing this song
When Lonnie came alive
Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag
You were Lady Bayside
There was nothing that I could do
So I pointed my car down
Seventh Avenue
Lonnie swept the playroom
And he swallowed up all he found
It was forty-eight hours til
Lonnie came around
Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag
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