Donald Fagen Countermoon lyrics

On a night like this
You look up at your lover
It`s like you`re in some old cartoon
Then you detect
The scent of faded roses
Up in the sky
There`s that cruel countermoon
Could that be murder you see in her eyes
You try a long and desperate kiss
You can`t 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
There`s a chill in the air
There`s 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 `You`re not my Jackie.
My Jackie was the best.`
Spitewaves are threatening
The seaside hotels
It`s nasty weather for July
Last night you loved her
Tonight you wonder why

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At every pay phone
There`s somebody cryin`
All the streets are slick with tears
When you see that blue ray
There`s a heartquake on the way

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