| Steely Dan – Here At The Western World Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song is about elites and addiction. Far removed from the squalor crack houses and roach infested shooting galleries, these dens of iniquities are of a more high class nature. You’ll run into important people such as “the Mayor and all his friends.” “Ruthie will give you the silver key (syringe) to open the red door” (the spot of blood post injection.) For $20 (Jackson) you’ll stave off the maddening withdrawal symptoms (the sweetness you’ve been crying for.) While you’re barely keeping it together, you’ll eventually lose control as “it all comes out of the inside, eventually.” Until then, knock twice, rap with your cane (fancy dress accessory.) They have “your skinny girl” (Jazz slang for syringe) “Here at the western world (first world opulence.) |
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