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ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THAT Lyrics
Artist: Steely Dan
Album: Can't Buy A Thrill
A world become one
Of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a plan
A natural man
Wearing a white stetson hat
Unhand that gun begone
There's no one to fire upon
If he's holding it high
He's telling a lie
CHORUS:
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
The man in the street
Draggin' his feet
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face
There is his place
Standing inside his brown shoes
You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream
CHORUS
Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you're younger
Then you realize
CHORUS
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Comments/Interpretations
The line 'There is his place' should probably read, 'There IN his place'.
I don't know how they managed to write a song about Barack Obama, 30 years ago.
amazing song
a great musical style that remains unchanged and original after so many years.
i love this song!!!! its my mellow song that calms me down! :D
I don't know how they managed to write a song about George W. Bush, 30 yrars ago.
Italian Boy, first this song actually has a deeper meaning... your comment insults steely dan and our past president. fuck you
Woke up with this song in my head for no apparent reason. Haven't heard it in years. Such an apt description of life.
Douche bag. our past president is a fucktard.
So is our current one.
Does anybody know the Spanish words, I think said by Walter, at the very end of this?
i don't know but walt is the shit!
I love this song, but at the same time I realize Im the fool=P
Barack Obama, AKA Barry Soetoro, promised not to sign executive orders... yet he signed one on his first day in office sealing his birth certificate, medical records, school records, and passport.
He (rightfully) raged against Bush's Patriot Act... yet just extended it.
He promised not to have special interest groups involved, yet has SEIU, UAW, ACORN, GE, Google, Microsoft, Exxon-Mobil... it goes on and on.
He bashed Bush for starting 2 wars, yet started a 3rd in Pakistan and the death toll in Afghanistan has doubled. (Where's the fake media outrage now?)
You got suckered again, America. Another lying, warmongering puppet dictator. The federal government relies on your ignorance...
I don't know how they managed to write a song about Bill Clinton 20 years ago.
Great song - disappointing to see people slagging other people off on this page. Why does this seem to be a by-product of almost any given comments page?? Also, please stop talking about political histories and economics, no amount of straw clutching can link this song to George B. Enjoy the music! That is all.
To answer Tim's post of 11/09, the last line of the song, omitted from virtually every site that has our lyrics is "sólo un tonto diría eso" which means...get ready for it...only a fool would say that.
Thank you Mr. Walter Becker!
those are playful lyrics....i get it
The Spanish line at the end is spoken by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, he's even credited on the album sleeve, get some facts people
Jesus people, it's just a song. Get past the refrain.
1972.. hmm... what was going on then. Oh yeah, LBJ (with a white Stetson hat) had us in Vietnam, wanted the Vietnamese, the world, to be "free", like us, right (salads and sun). The average joe was beat down by the nightly body count on the news, dutifully paying his taxes to support the war. Sound familiar?
Every single album, every single track by Steely Dan is utter genius. Of course I have favorites, but even those seem to change frequently. There are alot of amazing musicians in the world, but there is something about "SD" music that gives me this feeling inside that no other music has ever paralleled. Good to see that they are still kickin' it! Thanks Fagan and Becker for consistently amazing tunes.
... Citizen Steely Dan and three happy days of sweet memories of my brother -- a true and faithful Steely Dan fan if ever there was one.
the best band and best lyrics you'll ever hear in this or any other lifetime!
anyone know the spanish words spoken at the end of the song
yes, at the end of the song they said in spanish "si, solo un tonto diría eso.." SALUDOS!
i didn't know the Lone Ranger was speaking Spanish
incredibile questa canzone. mi mette allegria
Ricky Burton apparently has a brain only capable of one track. (2nd comment). He can't even listen to a song with the word "fool" in it w/out attaching it to whatever person is at the top of his shit list. Where was his "gift" when Bush put us here anyway??!!
Typical early Steely Dan jive lyrics signifying nothing.
Trying to make any sense of meaning out of these lyrics?
Only a FOOL would do that.
Best musicians {ever} love me some Steely Dan......
Actually the second chorus says"...where everything's greed, only a fool would say that" The first time around is over positive, the second over negative. Get it?
Thanks good thoughts about los angeles having a good time at breakfast at an outside cafe.somebody you know walks up and you remind him of some thing he said earlier .you dont agreewith what hesaid so you tell him oooooooooooioi.nnnlly affffff ooooooolllll would say that...
What a load of bollocks. Enjoy the miusic and be gone
I believe there is references John Lennon’s “Imagine.â€