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   Nick L Unverferth to Christopher Lampton   
   Re: Most Cryptic Dan Lyrics   
   12 Jul 21 08:36:50   
   
   From: nicklunverferth@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 13, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Christopher Lampton wrote:   
   > There's nothing like a good list to get this newsgroup going, so let me   
   > propose a new one. Name the Steely Dan lyrics that you'd most like to have   
   > explained. Don't worry if these have been discussed earlier or even if   
   > you're hearing the lyrics wrong. (I haven't seen an SD lyric sheet in years   
   > and don't trust them anyway.) With luck, someone will plunge into the fray   
   > and explain something that's baffled you since 1973. Here are some of my own   
   > candidates:   
   > "Klaus and the Rooster have been there too.   
   > "But lately he spends his time here."   
   > (Who's "he"?)   
   > "Rikki, don't lose that number."   
   > (Phone number? Lottery number? Swiss bank account?)   
   > "Double helix in the sky tonight."   
   > (Great image, but what the hell is it?)   
   > "Zombie see and zombie do   
   > "He's here with me and you."   
   > (A corpse? A memory? An extremely boring person?)   
   > "We've seen the last   
   > "Of good King Richard.   
   > "Raise up a glass   
   > "To good King John."   
   > (Richard Nixon? John Kennedy? John Erlichmann? Johnny Carson?)   
   > I'll have more later. Your turn.   
   > --Chris   
   "Double helix in the sky tonight."  https://www.nasa.gov/vision/   
   niverse/starsgalaxies/milkyway_twist.html  03.16.06  How did Dan know about   
   the galaxy in the 70's?  Perhaps the below is more likely   
   http://weekinweird.com/2013/01/04/incredible-double-helix-dna-cl   
   ud-appears-moscow/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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