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Words and Music © 1978 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

My sister and I are huge Steely Dan fans, so for her birthday I recorded that long lost Becker and Fagen classic : The Second Arrangement. It took a few hours to figure out the chords from the demo I heard but I think I got pretty close. It would be great if B&F actually went in and re-recorded this gem but I guess the Beacon performance of 2011 might be as close as we get.

lyrics

Pour out the wine, little girl
I've got just two friends in this whole wide world
Here's to reckless lovers
We all need somebody
Stashed in the yellow Jag
I've got my life and laundry in a Gladstone bag
You should know the program
Just one red rose and a tender goodbye
[One last goodbye]

And I run to the second arrangement
It's only the natural thing
Who steps out with no regrets
A sparkling conscience
A new address
When I run to the second arrangement
The home of a mutual friend
Now's the time to redefine the first arrangement again

It's a sticky situation
A serious affair
I must explain it to you somehow
Right now I'll just move back one square

Here comes that noise again
Another scrambled message from my last best friend
Something I can dance to
A song with tears in it
Old friends abandon me
It's just the routine politics of jealousy
Someday we'll remember
That one red rose and one last goodbye
[One last goodbye]

Then I run to the second arrangement
It's only the natural thing
The ruse steps out with no regrets
A sparkling conscience
A new address
When I run to the second arrangement
The home of a mutual friend
Now's the time to redefine the first arrangement again

credits

from The Second Arrangement (And Other Obscure Steely Dan Covers), released March 3, 2019
JT : Lead vocal, Acoustic guitar, Programming, Engineer
Anthony Pomes : Electric Guitar
Susan DeVita : Backing vocals
Recorded and mixed at Suburban Hermit Studios, Stony Brook, NY

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

For more info : www.johntabacco.net
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