Darkling Down
Walter Becker

Well, along in the twenty first hour

When the whole damn grid goes down

This is how a party gets started

In for a penny, in for a pound

All at once the whole joint goes quiet

And all the wavy lines go straight

One fool among fools is wondering

What happens if I die too late?

Get back with your dime store nihilism

Big daddy's on a glory run

Gettin' down on the cellular level

Just in case I got to call someone

Darkling down on a darkling plain

In the dim dank night of the pissin'-down rain

Darkling down on the balls of his ass

While he prays and waits for the storm to pass

Lemme show you where the good thing happens

It's a barbershop in Inglewood

Too bad we won't get past the bouncer

Sadly I've been banned for good

Well, there's a coffee shop right ?round the corner

The proprietor knows my name

Cup of Joe and a Vicks inhaler

Now you're ready for the big boy game

Steady son come seven come eleven

If either one of us can count that high

Muscatel if the deal gets dicey

Milk and honey in the by and by

Darkling down, it's a damn disgrace

Going round and round in a very small place

Darkling down with a hole in his soul

That he can't explain and he can't control

For the fun or for the money

For the fuck of it or just because

Listen friend, this is no damn picnic

But let's imagine for a minute that it was

Who will feast on this buzzard's banquet?

Who will render my heroic bust?

Who will choke on my lachrymose musings?

Who will eat my zero dust?

Who will wear this puke-streaked tunic?

Who shall gorge on this cup of spleen?

Who will sing about the good, bad and ugly?

And all and everything in between?

Darkling down, this is God's good man

On his hands and knees livin' God's good plan

Darkling down and we don't know still

When he'll come around if he ever will

Darkling down on a zero-G dive

And we just can't say will the fool survive

Darkling down in a seven-G turn

Glowing like a coal in the after burn

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