Steely Dan, my favourite band of all time. One of my favourite songs of all time is “My Old School”.

I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes

When you put me on the Wolverine up to Annandale

It was still September

When your daddy was quite surprised

To find you with the working girls in the county jail

I was smoking with the boys upstairs when I

Heard about the whole affair, I said oh no

William and Mary won't do

Well, I did not think the girl

Could be so cruel

And I'm never going back

To my old school

Oleanders growing outside her door

Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale

I can't stand her

Doing what she did before

Living like a gypsy queen in a fairy tale

Well, I hear the whistle but I can't go, I'm gonna

Take her down to Mexico, she said oh no

Guadalajara won't do

Well, I did not think the girl

Could be so cruel

And I'm never going back

To my old school

California tumbles into the sea

That'll be the day I go back to Annandale

Tried to warn you

About Chino and Daddy Gee

But I can't seem to get to you through the U.S. Mail

Well I hear the whistle but I can't go, I'm gonna

Take her down to Mexico, she said oh no

Guadalajara won't do

Well, I did not think the girl

Could be so cruel

And I'm never going back

To my old school