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Artist: Steely Dan
Track: Aja

Lyrics
Up on the hill
People never stare
They just don't care

Chinese music under banyan trees
Here at the dude ranch above the sea
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you

Up on the hill
They've got time to burn
There's no return

Double helix in the sky tonight
Throw out the hardware
Let's do it right
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you

Up on the hill
They think I'm okay
Or so they say

Chinese music always sets me free
Angular banjoes sound good to me
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you
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SongMeanings Interpretations
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Genius Meanings
Steely Dan – Aja
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
Steely Dan – Josie
“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
Steely Dan – Peg
“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.
Steely Dan – Deacon Blues
“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
Steely Dan – Black Cow
“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
Steely Dan – Aja (Live)
[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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Supposedly a homage to The Odyssey by Greek epic poet Homer.
The Ergs! – Aja
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