# Random Steely Dan Lyrics

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 21, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006 "2024-08-21T17:54:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/1 "2024-08-21T17:54:05Z")

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**You must be joking son, where did you get those shoes ?**

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/2 "2024-08-21T17:59:32Z")

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_And, you can have a change of heart,_

_Rikki don’t lose that number…_

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/3 "2024-08-21T18:10:30Z")

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My mother’s interment was presided over by a Catholic deacon. My brother said “that always reminds me of Deacon Blue.” I wondered aloud if he prayed like a Roman with his eyes on fire.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/4 "2024-08-21T18:18:33Z")

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She don’t remember the Queen of Soul.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/5 "2024-08-21T19:29:05Z")

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**On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene**

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**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/6 "2024-08-21T19:51:50Z")

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When all my dime dancin’ is through  
I run to you

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/7 "2024-08-21T20:51:54Z")

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Now the food here ain’t so good no more,  
and they closed the package store

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/8 "2024-08-21T21:23:00Z")

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The Cuervo Gold  
The fine Colombian  
Make tonight a wonderful thing (Say it again)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/9 "2024-08-21T21:35:25Z")

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_If you come around_  
_No more pain and no regrets_  
_Watch the sun go brown_  
_Smoking cobalt cigarettes_

-King Of The World (I love the guitar parts on this song!)

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/10 "2024-08-21T23:09:58Z")

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California tumbles into the sea  
That’ll be the day I go back to Annandale

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/11 "2024-08-21T23:35:28Z")

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Then you go back, Jack, do it again.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/12 "2024-08-22T00:25:32Z")

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A man of my mind can do anything.

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**Author:** ![YellowDog51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@YellowDog51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowDog51)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/13 "2024-08-22T00:55:05Z")

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Biscayne Bay, where the Cuban  
Gentlemen sleep all day  
I went searching for the song  
You used to sing to me

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/14 "2024-08-22T01:31:43Z")

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Are you reelin’ in the years?  
Stowin’ away the time  
Are you gatherin’ up the tears?  
Have you had enough of mine?

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/15 "2024-08-22T02:10:08Z")

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Got a case of dynamite  
I could hold out here all night  
Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon  
Don’t take me alive

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**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/16 "2024-08-22T02:32:46Z")

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They call Alabama the Crimson Tide  
Call me Deacon Blues

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**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/17 "2024-08-22T02:39:20Z")

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Now the Americans are gone except for two  
The embassy’s been hard to reach  
There’s been talk and lately  
A bit of action after dark  
Behind the big casino on the beach

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**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/18 "2024-08-22T06:34:25Z")

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I don’t wanna’ do your dirty work no more.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/19 "2024-08-22T14:06:14Z")

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The weekend in the college didn’t turn out like you planned  
The things that pass for knowledge I can’t understand

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/20 "2024-08-22T17:01:49Z")

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He’s got a scar across his face  
He wears a hearing aid

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