# A conversation in Steely Dan lyrics. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444 "2004-06-03T13:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/1 "2004-06-03T13:53:57Z")
Inspired by this other thread about Steely Dan: > **[Steely Dan](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259227)** > > So I got turned on to Steely Dan by my girlfriends little brother and I have to say they kick some serious ass! Every song really grooves and they play tight as a drum, I also think they have some quality lyrics and this is where my question comes... 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) ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/2 "2004-06-03T14:30:17Z")
**while the poor people sleeping all the stars come out at night** - (don’t know, sorry) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/3 "2004-06-03T14:44:12Z")
“Can you hear me, Dr. Wu?” (Dr. Wu) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/4 "2004-06-03T14:49:55Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > “Can you hear me, Dr. Wu?” (Dr. Wu) **I can’t hear my heartbeat** (Monkey in Your Soul) ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/5 "2004-06-03T14:56:04Z")
> [@KidCharlemagne](#): > > **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) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/6 "2004-06-03T14:59:48Z")
> [@Barrytown](#): > > **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. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/7 "2004-06-03T15:01:14Z")
I never seen you lookin’ so bad my funky one You tell me that your super fine mind has come undone. (Any Major Dude) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/8 "2004-06-03T15:13:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/9 "2004-06-03T15:35:42Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/10 "2004-06-03T15:58:15Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > I got a case of dynamite; I could hold out here all night. (I forgot the citation: _Don’t Take Me Alive_ ) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/11 "2004-06-03T18:35:02Z")
Could it be that I have found my home at last? --Home at Last ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/12 "2004-06-03T19:07:13Z")
I was smokin’ with the boys upstairs when I heard about the whole affair, she said…" -My Old School ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/13 "2004-06-03T19:59:00Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > 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)_ ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/14 "2004-06-04T05:18:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > “I only know I must obey > This feeling I can’t explain away”\* “Gonna do just what I please Gonna wear no socks and shoes With nothing to do but feed All the kangaroos.” – _Black Friday_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/15 "2004-06-04T12:18:23Z")
> [@choie](#): > > “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_ ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/16 "2004-06-04T13:06:28Z")
_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) ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/17 "2004-06-04T13:36:00Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > _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_ ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/18 "2004-06-04T16:58:51Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > “This is your Hatian divorce!” – _Hatian Divorce_ **Yes Jack, I gave it back The ring I could not own** (Charlie Freak) ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/19 "2004-06-08T10:08:49Z")
> [@KidCharlemagne](#): > > **Yes Jack, I gave it back > The ring I could not own** (Charlie Freak) **I am another gentleman loser** (Midnight Cruiser) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-conversation-in-steely-dan-lyrics/248444/20 "2004-06-09T20:06:02Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > **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_…