Don’t Take Me Alive
Steely Dan * Track #3 On The Royal Scam
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Don't Take Me Alive by Steely Dan
Performed by
Steely DanProduced by
Gary KatzWrited by
Walter Becker & Donald FagenAbout
A classic Steely Dan character, a desperate and alienated narrator, has apparently taken hostages and negotiates first with the police, then himself, as he considers his fate.
Don’t Take Me Alive Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Don't take me alive
Don’t Take Me Alive Q&A
Who wrote Don’t Take Me Alive's ?
Don’t Take Me Alive was written by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen.
Who produced Don’t Take Me Alive's ?
Don’t Take Me Alive was produced by Gary Katz.
What did Steely Dan say about "Don't Take Me Alive"?
Donald Fagen on this song:
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