Don't Take Me Alive
by Steely Dan
From the album: The Royal Scam
Track 3 of 9 on The Royal Scam (1976).
Duration: 4:13
Lyrics for Don't Take Me Alive
Agents of the law Luckless pedestrian I know you're out there With rage in your eyes and your megaphones Saying all is forgiven Mad dog surrender How can I answer? A man of my mind can do anything I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case of dynamite I could hold out here all night Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Can you hear the evil crowd? The lies and the laughter I hear my inside The mechanized hum of another world Where no sun is shining No red light flashing Here in this darkness I know what I've done I know all at once who I am I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case of dynamite I could hold out here all night Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case of dynamite I could hold out here all night Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Don't take me alive