Royal Scam

[00:33.76] And they wandered in

[00:36.52] From the city of St. John

[00:39.53] Without a dime

[00:50.81] Wearing coats that shined

[00:53.07] Both red and green

[00:55.33] Colors from their sunny island

[01:07.61] From their boats of iron

[01:10.37] They looked upon the promised land

[01:12.88] Where surely life was sweet

[01:24.41] On the rising tide

[01:26.92] To New York City

[01:28.68] Did they ride into the street

[01:35.44] See the glory

[01:40.97] Of the royal scam

[01:52.76] They are hounded down

[01:55.01] To the bottom of a bad town

[01:57.77] Amid the ruins

[02:09.31] Where they learn to fear

[02:11.81] An angry race of fallen kings

[02:14.57] Their dark companions

[02:26.36] While the memory of

[02:28.36] Their southern sky was clouded by

[02:31.88] The savage winter

[02:43.17] Every patron saint

[02:45.43] Hung on the wall, shared the room

[02:47.94] With twenty sinners

[02:54.20] See the glory

[02:59.22] Of the royal scam

[03:53.37] By the blackened wall

[03:55.89] He does it all

[03:57.39] He thinks he's died and gone to heaven

[04:10.43] Now the tale is told

[04:12.69] By the old man back home

[04:15.45] He reads the letter

[04:26.98] How they are paid in gold

[04:29.23] Just to babble in the back room

[04:31.99] All night and waste their time

[04:44.02] And they wandered in

[04:46.28] From the city of St. John without a dime

[04:54.55] See the glory

[04:59.81] Of the royal scam

[05:06.07] See the glory

[05:11.08] Of the royal scam

[05:17.08] See the glory

[05:22.10] Of the royal scam

[00:00.00] Source: LyricFind

[00:00.00] Songwriters: Donald Jay Fagen / Walter Carl Becker

[00:00.00] The Royal Scam lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group