I Can’t Function Songtext
von Steely Dan

I′m working hard from morning 'til night
My shoulder bendin′ to the wheel
I get home you start to run me down
How do you think it makes me feel
Your lashin' tongue, it hurts my soul
I start to thinkin' and I lose control
I′m not movin′ like I know I should
Or feelin' like I′d like to feel

And I spend my days just foolin' around
I can′t function
Honey, when you run me down
Oh, darlin', don′t you run me down


I gotta make a little fortune
So I can bring it on home to you
You're only hurtin' yourself my friend
Treatin′ me the way you do
My hands are tied behind my back
I′m drinkin' dinner from a paper sack
Every day is the Fourth of July
And I′m nothin' but an April fool

Well, I spend my days just cruisin′ around
I can't function
Honey, when you run me down
Oh, darlin′, don't you run me down

I'm half a man with half a heart
I hear you laughin′ and I fall apart
I′d like to put it on the table
But I'm lost before I even start


You do me wrong and it′s bringin' me down
My idle ways are the talk of the town
You make me feel like a do-nothing clown
I can′t function
Honey, when you run me down
Oh, darlin', don′t you run me down
Oh, darlin', don't you run me down
Hey, don′t you run me down, darlin′
It's not polite
In public, in public
Down there in front of Abraham and Stroud
I was a W now I′m an L
There's somethin′ wrong with my finger