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    Matthew Kerns
    Jul 30, 2019

    The Second Arrangement

    Someone recently posted this to Facebook. From Automated Sound, an EQ mix sheet for the song The Second Arrangement, the notorious lost track from Gaucho. I know this song so well, which is why the last line really hit me. I'm 98% certain that this lyric sheet is in Walter's handwriting, though @Moderator: D-Mod can for sure confirm.




    A home cooked meal and a hand job goodbye. What a line.

    Tony Favia
    Jul 30, 2019

    Love seeing those lyrics! Fills in some blanks for me, confirms others LOL. Great stuff

    hourstuff
    Jul 30, 2019

    Probably well-known amongst this group, but for anyone who needs them, here are the lyrics to an earlier version of the song:


    Pour out the wine little girl

    we got just 2 friends in this whole wide world

    ciao, buongiorno, baby

    it's been a lovely night

    the wine was right

    I am a refugee

    and I like things just the way they used to be

    I'm the same damned fool

    that you knew years ago

    so broken hearted

    one last goodbye


    Bridge:

    You think you understand

    let me take you by the hand

    I have never felt this way before

    it's your thing if you say so

    don't ask me 'cause I don't know

    I don't need this heartache any more


    Moderator: D-Mod
    Jul 30, 2019

    yeah, that's his loopy scrawl

    Lary Dixon
    Jul 31, 2019

    Oh, that's delicious! Walter, slipping sideways thru the doorway of established poetic license.. It's a perfect example of why we keep coming back, time and time again.. I Love it! Lary

    David Brailsford
    Oct 22, 2019

    I love that track, have it included in my outtakes folder on the mp3 cd I ripped for my car in the gaucho range was just listening to it the other day. That and Kule Baba

    Moderator: D-Mod
    Oct 22, 2019

    Kule Baba...an incredible experience every time....

    Dan Belcher
    Oct 22, 2019

    Those two songs really deserved to get a full release with a full arrangement. So fucking good. Same deal with The Bear really.

    hourstuff
    Oct 28, 2019

    @Moderator: D-Mod The version of Kulee Baba that you've been privy to, is that akin to a finished product or more like the demos/outtakes that are floating around on the internet?

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    Ghost of Hipness Past
    Oct 28, 2019

    This lyric is so much better than what made it to tape. "One red rose and a tender goodbye?" Lame by comparison.


    This is on par with the very best lines of the SD songbook.

    halC
    Sep 18, 2020  ·  Edited: Sep 19, 2020

    It seems Roger Nichols's daughter Cimcie has found a cassette of The Second Arrangement and is looking to having it transferred. See link below (Sorry couldn't get the link to work)


    https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steely-dan-lost-second-arrangement-tapes/



    David Brailsford
    Sep 19, 2020

    Oh wow that is a surprise. Hope it won't stay uncirculated like Sacagawea

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