# Random Steely Dan Lyrics **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**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 25, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/41 "2024-08-25T13:56:33Z")
No static at all . . . ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/42 "2024-08-25T13:59:34Z")
…FM (some other text to make the board happy) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/43 "2024-08-25T15:25:48Z")
I would love to tour the southland In a traveling minstrel show ---
**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 25, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/44 "2024-08-25T19:37:39Z")
_Yes we’re gonna have a wingding_ _A summer smoker underground_ _It’s just a dugout that my dad built_ _In case the Reds decide to push the button down_ (Yes, I know it’s from The Nightfly, but if you didn’t know it was from a Donald Fagen solo album you would swear it was Steely Dan song). ---
**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 25, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/45 "2024-08-25T19:53:27Z")
I heard it was you Talkin’ 'bout a world where all is free It just couldn’t be, and only a fool would say that ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/46 "2024-08-26T11:29:09Z")
Like the castle in its corner In a medieval game I foresee terrible trouble And I stay here just the same ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/47 "2024-08-26T14:19:40Z")
When the demon is at your door In the morning it won’t be there no more Any major dude will tell you ---
**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 26, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/48 "2024-08-26T16:22:25Z")
When Black Friday comes I’ll stand down by the door And catch all the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/49 "2024-08-26T16:24:50Z")
You been tellin’ me you’re a genius Since you were seventeen In all the time I’ve known you I still don’t know what you mean ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/50 "2024-08-26T21:43:38Z")
Hush brother, we cross the square Act natural, like you don’t care Turn slowly and comb your hair Don’t trouble the midnight air We’re standing just where he stood It was chain lightning It feels so good ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/51 "2024-08-26T21:50:07Z")
No marigolds in the promised land There’s a hole in the ground Where they used to grow Any man left on the Rio Grande Is the king of the world As far as I know ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/52 "2024-08-27T00:54:29Z")
Do you take me for a fool? Do you think that I don’t see That ditch out in the valley that they’re digging just for me ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/53 "2024-08-27T12:31:22Z")
The girls don’t seem to care tonight As long as the mood is right no static at all no static at all FM - no static at all ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/54 "2024-08-27T13:43:21Z")
In the corner of my eye I saw you in Rudy’s You were very high ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/55 "2024-08-27T15:33:02Z")
You been tellin’ me you’re a genius since you were seventeen In all the time I’ve known you I still don’t know what you mean The weekend in the college didn’t turn out like you planned The things that pass for knowledge I can’t understand ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/56 "2024-08-28T21:53:49Z")
So fine, so young. (Tell me I’m the only one.) ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/57 "2024-08-29T01:06:56Z")
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. ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/58 "2024-08-29T01:14:35Z")
Oops, wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/59 "2024-08-29T01:19:29Z")
I saw Boz not too long ago, doing old _and new_ stuff. Definitely worth the ticket price. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/60 "2024-08-29T03:51:23Z")
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