Countermoon — текст песни (Steely Dan)

On a night like this

You look up at your lover

Its like youre in some old cartoon

Then you detect

The scent of faded roses

Up in the sky

Theres that cruel countermoon

Could that be murder you see in her eyes

You try a long and desperate kiss

You cant escape it

That beam is sure to find you



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On a night like this

The story is told

How the women get restless

And the men grow cold

Gotham shudders

Theres a chill in the air

Theres a countermoon

Lovers all beware



Hand in hand

You walk along the river

You stop to clutch and caress

A countermoonbeam

Comes sweeping off the water

She says "youre not my jackie.

My jackie was the best."

Spitewaves are threatening

The seaside hotels

Its nasty weather for july

Last night you loved her

Tonight you wonder why



Chorus



At every pay phone

Theres somebody cryin

All the streets are slick with tears

When you see that blue ray

Theres a heartquake on the way



Chorus