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Artist: Steely Dan
Canonical path: /steely-dan/throw-back-the-little-ones
Related lyric paths: 6
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Throw Back The Little Ones
Read Throw Back The Little Ones lyrics by Steely Dan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Throw Back The Little Ones
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Lost in the Barrio I walk like an Injun
So Carlo won't suspect something's wrong here
I dance in place
And paint my face
And act like I belong here
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Throw back the little ones
And pan-fry the big ones
Use tact, poise and reason
And gently squeeze them
Hot licks and rhetoric
Don't count much for nothing
Be glad if you can use what you borrow
So I pawn my crown
For a ride uptown
And buy it back tomorrow
CHORUS
Done like a matador I pray for the weekend
And hope the little girls still throw roses
Else I'll change my bait
And move upstate
Before the season closes
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Steely Dan performs "Throw Back The Little Ones", and this lyric page sits inside the Steely Dan catalog on LyroVerse.
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