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| Steely Dan – The Royal Scam Lyrics
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@[YaddaMinski:17115] as tennisluvr pointed out: Fagen isn't saying this scenario actually happened, he's saying this is the story they tell the folks back home in PR in order to reassure them that everything is going well and they're doing fine. Which of course it isn't. |
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| Steely Dan – The Royal Scam Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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@[lisalambchop:17114] This is more a reply to Mumajor's comment. Isn't the "how they are paid in gold just to babble in the back room.." line actually a story that the immigrants tell in letters back home in order to "save face" or put a brave front on things? I think the song makes it clear that it's just a "tale" - "now the tale is told by the old man back home, he reads the letter". If you think of it like that then the song is even more poignant. |
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