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Jolly tricks and politics
May mess you up
Soul Ram

Little men with stick pins
Leave you high and dry
Soul Ram

Baby runs the show
She's got a Soul Ram
Understand
Who could know
That she'd be up on top
All night long
Never stop
Right or wrong

Carousels and wishing wells
Are fine for some
Soul Ram
After dark
Tacoma park
Can sure be fun
Soul Ram

Baby oughta know
She's got a soul ram
So well planned
I suppose that
She don't need her friends

Anymore
Just pretends
Knows the score

Baby let it roll
She's got a soul ram
In her hand
Never knew
She dug the heavy stuff
Steely Dan
Play it rough
Back door man

Jelly roll
can't save your soul
This mama can
Soul Ram
Soul Ram
Soul Ram

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abfab On Jul 18, 2002

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by kamakiriad

18y ago

This song is so Go Go. I love it

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by wafflehome

8y ago

Steely Dan are often tight-lipped about their cryptic, and sometimes unsettling, lyrics but I'm pretty sure this song is about "pegging."

If you're unfamiliar with the term, Google Dan Savage + pegging.

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