Genius Meanings
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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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Ivy – Only a Fool Would Say That
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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 / Unhand that gun, begone / There's no one to
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James Reyne – Only A Fool Would Say That
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A world become one / Of salads & sun / Only a fool would say that / A boy with a plan / A natural man / Wearing a white Stetson hat / Unhand that gun begone / There's no one to
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Steely Dan – Dirty Work
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Dirty Work is from Steely Dan’s debut album, Can’t Buy A Thrill.
It is about a backdoor man and a married woman who takes advantage of this poor guy.
This is one of the few
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Steely Dan – Fire In the Hole
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[Verse 1] / I decline to walk the line / They tell me that I'm lazy / Worldly wise, I realize / That everybody's crazy / A woman's voice reminds me / To serve and not to speak / Am
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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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Steely Dan – Midnight Cruiser
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[Verse 1] / Felonious, my old friend / Step on in and let me shake your hand / So glad that you're here again / For one more time / Let your madness run with mine / Streets still
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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 – 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 – 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 – Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
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[Verse 1] / A race of angels bound with one another / A dish of dollars laid out for all to see / A tower room at Eden Roc / His golf at noon for free / [Chorus] / Brooklyn owes
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Steely Dan – Change of the Guard
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[Verse 1] / If you listen, you can hear it / It's the laughter in the street / It's the motion in the music / And the fire beneath your feet / [Chorus] / All the signs are right
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Marvelous 3 – Reelin' In The Years
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Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast / So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last / You wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand / The
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Steely Dan – Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
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[Verse 1] / With stocking face I bought a gun / The plan was set, the plan was done / Looked at my watch and started for the door / Now the food here ain't so good no more / And
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The Push Stars – Bad Sneakers
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Five names that I can hardly / Stand to hear / Including yours and mine / And one more chimp who isn't here / I can see the ladies talking / How the times are getting hard / And
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Ben Folds Five – Barrytown
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I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change / But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange / And though you're not my enemy / I like things like they used
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Steely Dan – Kings
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Steely Dan uses the tale of Kings Richard and John from Robin Hood as an allegory for the American political climate, as is sarcastically refuted on the record sleeve*:
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Joe Public – Live and Learn
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“Live and Learn” is the second single off of Joe Public’s first album, Joe Public, and the group’s biggest hit.
The new jack swing trio samples Sly & the Family Stone’s “Sing a
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