From: home@last.con
Hey,
thanks for the inspired lecture, Diane. Very informative, and, as always, so
well written.
I guess this all goes to show, too, that unlike what some people will have
you believe, Steely Dan songs are not only about sex, or drugs, but about
addiction in all its forms and shapes.
F.
"diane" wrote in message
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Here are some lyrics about Steely Women. I think we can all extrapolate
a lot of examples of the SD female archetype(s).
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Dirty Work:
Times are hard
You're afraid to pay the fee
So you find yourself somebody
Who can do the job for free
When you need a bit of lovin'
Cause your man is out of town
That's the time you get me runnin'
And you know I'll be around
Pearl of the Quarter:
And if you hear from my Louise
Won't you tell her I love her so
Please make it clear
When her day is done
She got a place to go
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Peg:
Peg
It will come back to you
Peg
It will come back to you
Then the shutter falls
You see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie
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Tomorrow's Girls:
You see them on the grass at lunch hour
Soaking up the vertical rays
In their summer dresses
A little smile can really make your day
Their kisses feel like real kisses
And when they cry they cry real tears
But what's left in your arms
When the static clears
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Negative Girl:
She's lost - she's late
She's zooming on a couch somewhere
Or high - or home
I'm not supposed to call her there
I wait - I smoke
I stare into my coke
It's happening again
I tell myself that it's over and done, amen
Her skin - like milk
It's like she's never seen the sun
Some hearts to crunch
Is more like her idea of fun
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Your Gold Teeth:
Got a feeling I've been here before
Watching as you cross the killing floor
You know you'll have to pay it all
You'll pay today or pay tomorrow
You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down
Do you work it out one by one
Or played in combination
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Monkey in your Soul:
I got one and you want four
It's so hard to help you
I can't keep up with you no more
And you treat me like it's a sin
But you can't lock me in
You want me here with you right to the end
No thank you my friend
I fear the monkey in your soul
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On the Dunes:
As you spoke you must have known
It was a kind of homicide
I stood and watched my happiness
Drift outwards with the tide
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Everything You Did:
You never came to me
When you were so inclined
Yes you could have told me everything you did baby
I know where baby's at
I know your filthy mind
Now you're gonna do me everything you did baby
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Babylon Sisters:
Well I should know by now
That it's just a spasm
Like a Sunday in T.J.
That it's cheap but it's not free
That I'm not what I used to be
And that love's not a game for three
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Pixeleen:
And that's when she jumps the turnstile
And as she clings to the roof of the speeding train
The Double A down to Sheridan Square
Her cell phone rings
It's, like, her stupid father
Be in the door by ten -- again
You whip a knife from the top of your go-go boot
With just a flash of spectacular thigh
Your pager starts to throb
It's your as-if boyfriend Randall
Better keep it real -- or whatever
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Rikki Don't Lose That Number
We hear you're leaving, that's OK
I thought our little wild time had just begun
I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run
But if you have a change of heart
Rikki don't lose that number
You don't wanna call nobody else
Send it off in a letter to yourself
Rikki don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might use it if you feel better
When you get home
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Josie:
When Josie comes home
So good
She's the pride of the neighborhood
She's the raw flame
The live wire
She prays like a Roman
With her eyes on fire
Jo would you love to scrapple
She'll never say no
Shine up the battle apple
We'll shake 'em all down tonight
We're gonna mix in the street
Strike at the stroke of midnight
Dance on the bones till the girls say when
Pick up what's left by daylight
When Josie comes home
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Haitian Divorce:
She takes the taxi to the good hotel
Bon marché as far as she can tell
She drinks the zombie from the cocoa shell
She feels alright, she get it on tonight
Mister driver
Take me where the music play
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Almost Gothic:
First she's way gone then she comes back
She's all business then she's ready to play
She's almost gothic in a natural way
First she's all feel then she cools down
She's pure science with a splash of black cat
She's almost gothic and I like it like that
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Green Book:
I tango down to the smoky lobby
My eyes adjust to the light
The new cashier looks like Jill St. John
Can that be right?
I'm rolling into the bar at Joey's
They're getting ready to close
And here she comes very "Kiss Me Deadly"
My life, my love, my third hand rose
There are a bunch. The female archetype to which I refer is a woman who
puts out some kind of scent which no man can resist, but she's
completely fucked up under the skin. And the man who gets mixed up with
her is enslaved by whatever it is she does that he suddenly can't live
without. He also might want to rescue her from herself, although she
doesn't need rescuing and plans to stomp all over him just as soon as
she's through using him. The male protagonist is gonna get hurt. And
she will be off to her next conquest or addiction without a thought for
him.
That's it, or some variation of that.
love and kisses
diane <-- has a beaded gown
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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