# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/61 "2024-09-02T00:24:58Z")
You see it all in 3-D. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/62 "2024-09-02T01:38:54Z")
Shine up the battle apple We’ll shake 'em all down tonight We’re gonna mix in the street ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/63 "2024-09-02T06:04:41Z")
Katy lies You can see it in her eyes But imagine my surprise when I saw you ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/64 "2024-09-02T13:22:46Z")
There’ll be spandex jackets one for everyone. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/65 "2025-07-14T18:14:04Z")
Savoy sides presents a new saxophone sensation It’s Parker’s band with a smooth style of syncopation ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/66 "2025-07-14T23:27:35Z")
I saw the fireworks I believed that I was dreaming Til the neighbors came out screaming He’s a third world man ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/67 "2025-07-16T13:07:41Z")
Times are hard You’re afraid to pay the fee So you find yourself somebody Who can do the job for free ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/68 "2025-07-17T01:30:36Z")
I’ve got detectives on his case They’ve filmed the whole charade (My rival, show me my rival) He’s got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid ---
**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:** [July 18, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/69 "2025-07-18T15:50:40Z")
Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes? (gotta admit, for decades I thought the lyrics were “you were italian in their eyes”.) ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/70 "2025-07-21T02:07:23Z")
[In the beginning](https://genius.com/27033324/Steely-dan-godwhacker/In-the-beginning) We could hang with [the dude](https://genius.com/27033350/Steely-dan-godwhacker/The-dude) But it’s been too much of nothing Of that stank attitude And now they curse your name And there’s a bounty on your face [Refrain] It’s your own fault daddy Godwhacker’s on the case ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/71 "2025-07-21T02:10:43Z")
Hey Nineteen That’s 'Retha Franklin She don’t remember the Queen of Soul It’s hard times befallen The sole survivors She thinks I’m crazy But I’m just growing old ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/72 "2025-07-21T03:23:47Z")
Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low-rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those Day-Glo freaks who used to paint the face They’ve joined the human race Some things will never change ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/73 "2025-07-21T03:34:32Z")
Clean this mess up else we’ll all end up in jail. Those test tubes and the scale. Just get it all out of here. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/74 "2025-07-21T12:50:07Z")
Just when it seems so clear That it’s over now Drink your big black cow And get out of here ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/75 "2025-07-21T20:04:14Z")
I would love to tour the Southland In a traveling minstrel show Yes I would love to tour the Southland In a traveling minstrel show Cause I’m dying to be a star And make them laugh Sound just like a record On the phonograph These days are gone forever Over a long time ago ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/76 "2025-07-23T17:11:14Z")
At the grotto in the greasy chair Sits the Johnny with the lotion And the kinky hair When she smiled, she said it all The band was hot, so They danced the famous merengue Now we dolly back Now we fade to black ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/77 "2025-07-25T01:52:03Z")
I’ve seen your picture Your name in lights above it This is your big debut It’s like a dream come true So won’t you smile for the camera? I know they’re gonna love it ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/78 "2025-07-25T01:56:55Z")
After closing time At the Guernsey fair I detect the El Supremo From the room at the top of the stairs Well I’ve been around the world And I’ve been in the Washington Zoo And in all my travels as the facts unravel I’ve found this to be true ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006/79 "2025-07-28T04:35:50Z")
Honey how you’ve grown Like a rose Well we used to play When we were three How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-steely-dan-lyrics/1006006.md?page=3)