 Genius Lyrics
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Steely Dan – Home at Last
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Supposedly a homage to The Odyssey by Greek epic poet Homer.
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Steely Dan – Aja
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The title track on Steely Dan’s most successful LP (both critically and commercially), “Aja” is an 8-minute jazz fusion epic made up of a number of different pieces members Donald
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Steely Dan – Home at Last Samples
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Steely Dan – Josie
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“Josie” is the third and final single from Aja, a top 30 hit in both the US and Canada.
In a 2007 Stylus Magazine article, “Top Ten Obscure Steely Dan Lyrics”, Patrick McKay
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Steely Dan – Deacon Blues
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“Deacon Blues” is the narration of a rock-bottom suburbanite’s fantasy of becoming a romantic saxophonist. Donald Fagen explained:
Many people have assumed the song is about a guy
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Steely Dan – Peg
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“Peg” is the tale of an aspiring actress with “starlet fever” as told by the boyfriend she ditched to chase that dream:
Imagine that “Peg” takes place at a seedy photo shoot in L.
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Steely Dan – Black Cow
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“Black Cow” opens Aja with, according to Donald Fagen, a man talking about his girlfriend’s “behavior and her habits and then out of that you begin to see her character and their
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Steely Dan – Aja Samples
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See all of “Aja” by Steely Dan’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Alicia Rubio – Soundtrack Of My Life
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1. I was born(1998): Amy Sky’s “I will take care of you” / 2. My sister was born(2002): Irvin Bering’s “Sisters, sisters” / 3. My mom and dad got divorced(2007-2008): ABBA’s “ When
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Steely Dan – I Got the News
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[Verse 1] / You, in your Lark / You're a mark / You're a screamer / You know how to hustle / Daddy is a rare millionaire / I don't care / Yeah, you got the muscle / I got the news
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Steely Dan – Aja (Live From The Orpheum Theatre)
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Up on the hill, people never stare / They just don't care / [Chorus] / Chinese music under banyan trees / Here at the dude ranch above the sea / Aja, when all
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The Ergs! – Aja
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Met a girl named Aja / She said her dad loved Steely Dan / I laughed and asked her if her sister's name was Katy / Her smile spoke in volumes / Her eyes were like the sky / I said
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Home Brew – Last Day
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Tom describes the differences in normalities between Auckland, New Zealand and Thailand, this covers the different ethnicities and how different things are to some places of the
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Steely Dan – Book Of Liars (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Bye and bye, girl / We'll get over / Things we've done and the things we said / But not just now, girl / When I can't remember / Exactly what it was we thought we had
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Woody Herman – Aja
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[Instrumental]
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Steely Dan – (Tell It To The) Fat Man
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In the orchard where the fat man plays / Beneath the trees, down on her knees / A young girl prays for her mother to come / Now the fat man say stay on your knees / That’s the way
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Walter Becker – Book of Liars
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Bye and bye now / We'll get over / The things we've done and the things we said / But not just now when / I can 't remember / Exactly what it was I thought we had / 'Cause I waited
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Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (Live From Mohegan Sun Arena)
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[Verse 1] / We hear you're leavin', that's okay / I thought our little wild time had just begun / Guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run / But if you have a change of
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Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years (Live From Mohegan Sun Arena)
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[Verse 1] / Your everlasting summer and you can see it fading fast / So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last / Well, you wouldn't know a diamond if you held
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Steely Dan – The Second Arrangement
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[Verse 1] / Pour out the wine, little girl / I've got just two friends in this whole wide world / Here's to reckless lovers / We all need somebody / [Verse 2] / Stashed in the
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Steely Dan – Black Cow Samples
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Steely Dan – Bodhisattva (Live From The Beacon Theatre)
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[Verse 1] / Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand? / Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand? / [Chorus] / Could you show me the shine of your Japan? / The sparkle of your
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