Inspired by this other thread about Steely Dan:
Create dialogue and/or story using only Steely Dan lyrics. Include the song name from which the line is taken. Try to avoid sourcing consecutive entries from the same song.
First entry:
While the music played you worked by candlelight… (Kid Charlemagne)
while the poor people sleeping all the stars come out at night - (don’t know, sorry)
“Can you hear me, Dr. Wu?” (Dr. Wu)
I can’t hear my heartbeat (Monkey in Your Soul)
I’ll keep my promise when you turn that heartbeat over again. (Turn That Heartbeat Over Again)
I got a case of dynamite; I could hold out here all night.
I never seen you lookin’ so bad my funky one
You tell me that your super fine mind has come undone.
(Any Major Dude)
It’s a special lack of grace,
I can see it in your face.
I can tell by what you carry that you come from Barrytown.
Yes I’m going insane
I’m laughing at the falling rain
I’m sooo alone
Honey when they gonna send me home?
(Bad Sneakers)
(I forgot the citation: Don’t Take Me Alive )
Could it be that I have found my home at last? --Home at Last
I was smokin’ with the boys upstairs when I heard about the whole affair, she said…"
-My Old School
“I only know I must obey
This feeling I can’t explain away”
– Any World (That I’m Welcome To)
“Gonna do just what I please
Gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed
All the kangaroos.” – Black Friday
“No we can’t dance together
No we can’t talk at all
Please take me along when you slide on down” – Hey Nineteen
After all the things we’ve done and seen you find another man. The things you think are useless I don’t understand.
(Reelin’ in the Years)
“This is your Hatian divorce!” – Hatian Divorce
Yes Jack, I gave it back
The ring I could not own (Charlie Freak)
I am another gentleman loser (Midnight Cruiser)
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues…