 Genius Lyrics
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Steely Dan – Third World Man
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[Verse 1] / Johnny's playroom / Is a bunker filled with sand / He's become a third world man / Smoky Sunday / He's been mobilized since dawn / Now he's crouching on the lawn / He's
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Steely Dan – Third World Man (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Johnny's playroom / Is a bunker filled with sand / He's become a third world man / Smokey Sunday / He's been mobilized since dawn / Now he's crouching on the lawn / He'
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Steely Dan – Third World Man Samples
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See all of “Third World Man” by Steely Dan’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Steely Dan – Were You Blind That Day
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Smokey Sunday, ah you looked so unconcerned / While you watched that B-town burn / Were you blind that day? / Bloody Mayday, when the wild ones did their looting / And your boys
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USHER – Missin U Samples
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See all of “Missin U” by USHER’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Naughty By Nature – Live or Die Samples
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See all of “Live or Die” by Naughty By Nature’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Steely Dan – Glamour Profession
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In this song, Becker and Fagen describe the life of a coke dealer in 70’s LA. In their words, its a “Glamour Profession.”
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Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters (Live)
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1, 2, 1, 2 / [Verse 1] / Drive west on Sunset to the sea / Turn that jungle music down / Just until we're out of town / This is no one night stand / It's a real occasion / Close
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Steely Dan – Time Out of Mind
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According to Stylus Magazine:
A bleak source of black comedy, “Time Out of Mind” is the best song on Gaucho, an uneven record that is nevertheless a favorite of many a writer here
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Steely Dan – Josie (Live)
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[Verse 1] / We're gonna break out the hats and hooters / When Josie comes home / We're gonna rev up the motor scooters / When Josie comes home to stay / We're gonna park in the
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Steely Dan – Green Earrings (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Cold, daring / No flies on me / Sorry, angel / I must take what I see / [Chorus] / Green earrings / I remember / The rings of rare design / I remember / The look in
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Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years (Live)
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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 even know a diamond / If
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Steely Dan – Gaucho
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At once sad and absurd, Gaucho is the cynically comical vignette of a rentboy-type relationship coming to an ignominious end.
Becker and Fagen were sued by legendary jazz pianist
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Steely Dan – Peg (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I've seen your picture / Your name in lights above it / This is your big debut / It's like a dream come true / So won't you smile for the camera? / I know they're gonna
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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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Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne (Live)
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[Verse 1] / While the music played you worked by candlelight / Those San Francisco nights / You were the best in town / Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl / You
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Steely Dan – Bodhisattva (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand? / Bodhisattva, would you take me by the hand? / [Chorus] / Can you show me the shine of your Japan? / The sparkle of your
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Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen
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“Hey Nineteen” is the squalid centerpiece of the concept album that is Gaucho.
Steely’s protagonist here is a pathetic aging dude attempting to put the moves on a 19-year old by
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Steely Dan – Aja (Live)
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[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 my dime
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Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters
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Rife with American West Coast imagery, “Babylon” in this case is the modern utopia of California.
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Steely Dan – My Rival
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[Verse 1] / The wind was driving in my face / The smell of prickly pear / (My rival, show me my rival) / The milk truck eased into my space / Somebody screamed somewhere / I struck
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Steely Dan – You Got The Bear
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[Verse 1: Donald Fagen] / Sir, I parked my juggernaut at your gate / Fifteen-thousand miles and I'm feeling great / I've been on the run, but I done my time / You just can't stand
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Steely Dan – Doctor Wu
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With Steely Dan, the weirder the lyrics get, the more likely that it’s based on a true story. Sure enough, Dr. Wu is a real person.
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Steely Dan – Reelin’ In the Years
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“Reelin' In the Years” is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single from their 1972 album, Can’t Buy a Thrill. It reached No. 11 in the Billboard
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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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People Under the Stairs – The Effects of Climate Change on Densely Populated Areas
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[Verse 1] / Hundred degrees at midnight for the third day in a row / Nobody sleepin' well and I can feel the tension growin' / LA with rollin' brownouts, rollin' papers and rollin
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Steely Dan – Green Book
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[Verse 1] / My coat is black and the moon is yellow / Here is where I get off / As you can see for yourself old girl in the Green Book / I tango down to the smoky lobby / My eyes
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Lexicon – You Gotta Stop
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Maaan, you got a problem Nick / (Nah you got a problem Oak) / [Hook 1: repeat 2X] / You gotta stop smokin weed in the morning Nick / You really gotta stop doin that shit (that shit
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Bastille – World Gone Mad
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Like “The Currents” and “Warmth”, “World Gone Mad” gives Dan’s perspective on the world’s volatile political climate. Moreover, “World Gone Mad” addresses the tragic events since
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Naughty By Nature (Ft. Master P, Mystikal, Phiness & Silkk the Shocker) – Live or Die
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[Master P] / Master P and Treach, nigga / It's all family baby / Get them Naughty boys, I got the No Limit Soldiers / And when we posse up, these niggas gon' pay us / [Refrain
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