The Great Pagoda of Funn - Donald Fagen

The stars are bright tonight

The air is sweet

Though summer’s over now

There’s a strange new music in the street

You and I

Know the world can’t be like this

It’s our love that makes it shine

Girl

Whatever trouble waits outside these doors

We’re safe inside thsi house of light

We make up our own storyline

Around the neighborhood

They stare and grin

As if they live their lives

Just to help maintin the state we’re in

But when we fight

Then those hungry woolves close in

We’re one thoughtless word away

From poison skies

And severed heads

And pain and lies

So follow me

I’ll hold you tight

And we’ll build a life together

In the great pagoda of funn

This magic soon will fade

Without a doubt

We’ll have to work my love

Just to keep the flame from going out

Cause if we fail

Then these walls will fall away

And we’ll fin we’re in the realm

Of psycho-moms

And dying stars

And dirty bombs

Please follow me

And hold me tight

Yes we’ll build a world together

In the great pagoda of funn