Whatever it means, it strikes me as pretty much a Walter lyric.
NS
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:14:58 -0700, Klaus & Rooster
wrote:
>Steely Fans,
>
>following a recommendation that I picked up from this forum I bought
>myself an Ana Popovic album which contains a cover version of "Night
>by Night". Kind a nice rendition of the song, though Ana is not too
>adventerous and sticks rather close to the basic elements of the
>original recording.
>
>I was listening to the song a couple of times. Then I started to look
>throught the little booklet that came with the CD. It contains the
>song lyrics. I started to read along, which I usually don't do for
>Steely Dan songs. I realized that I can understand every single word
>of the lyrics, except that I have no clue what this all means ...
>
>It's a beggars life, said the Queen of Spain
>But don't tell it to a poor man
>'Cause he's got to kill for every thrill
>The best he can
>Everywhere around me
>I see jealousy and mayhem
>Because no men have all their peace of mind
>To carry them
>
>Well I don't really care
>If it's wrong or if it's right
>But until my ship comes in
>I'll live night by night
>
>When the joker tried to tell me
>I could cut it in this rube town
>When he tried to hang that sign on me
>I said Take it down
>When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice
>They're gonna do it with a shotgun
>Yes, I'm cashing in this ten-cent life
>For another one
>
>Well I ain't got the heart
>To lose another fight
>So until my ship comes in
>I'll live night by night
>
>Well I don't really care
>If it's wrong or if it's right
>But until my ship comes in
>I'll live night by night
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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