 Genius Meanings
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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 – 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 – 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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Cat Dail Music – Josie
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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 street / Sleep
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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 – 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 – Do It Again
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This song is all about the three things that motivate men: Violence, Women, and Money. Each verse deals with a different topic, from a different point of view, with the point being
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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 – 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 – Home at Last
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Supposedly a homage to The Odyssey by Greek epic poet Homer.
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Steely Dan – Only a Fool Would Say That
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[Verse 1] / A world become one of salads and sun / Only a fool would say that / A boy with a plan, a natural man / Wearing a white Stetson hat / [Pre-Chorus] / Unhand that gun
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Steely Dan – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / We hear you're leavin', that's okay / I thought our little wild time had just begun / I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run / But if you have
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Steely Dan – My Old School
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A 2006 Entertainment Weekly article, “Back to Annandale” explains the backstory of “My Old School.”
But just outside of Adolph’s, he sees it. The house. ‘'Right there is the
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Steely Dan – Yellow Peril
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Hunting in the Sea of Japan / Ambrose left the tourist trail behind him / So bold with his gun in his hand / Of his furs there was no need to remind him / Tripping over a Holy Man
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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 – Pretzel Logic
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[Verse 1] / I would love to tour the Southland / In a travelling minstrel show / Yes, I'd love to tour the Southland / In a traveling minstrel show / Yes, I'm dyin' to be a star
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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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blink-182 – Josie
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Mark Hoppus confirmed on his Tumblr that “Josie” was written with “an imaginary ideal girlfriend” in mind. When looking for a name, his friend—Elyse Rogers from Dance Hall Crashers
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Steely Dan – Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
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[Verse 1] / If I had my way / I would move to another lifetime / I'd quit my job / Ride the train through / The misty nighttime / I'd be ready when my feet touch ground / Wherever
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Steely Dan – Sign In Stranger (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Have you heard about the boom of Mizar 5? / People got to shout to stay alive / They don't even have policeman one / Doesn't matter where you've been or what you've
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Steely Dan – Here at the Western World
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[Verse 1] / Down at the Lido they welcome you / With sausage and beer / Klaus and the Rooster have been there too / But lately he spends his time here / [Pre-Chorus] / Hangin' with
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The Doobie Brothers – What a Fool Believes
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This song is about two lovers from long ago meeting again. One of them, the man, is still hoping there is some flame in the relationship, but the other, the woman, is only meeting
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