The wind was driving in my face
The smell of prickly pear
[My rival - show me my rival]
The milk truck eased into my space
Somebody screamed somewhere
I struck a match against the door
Of Anthony's Bar and Grill
I was the whining stranger
A fool in love
With time to kill

I've got detectives on his case
They filmed the whole charade
[My rival - show me my rival]
He's got a scar across his face
He wears a hearing aid

Sure he's a jolly roger
Until he answers for his crime
Yes I'll match him whim for whim now

I still recall when I first held
Your tiny hand in mine
[My rival, show me my rival]
I loved you more than I can tell
But now it's stomping time

Sure he's a jolly roger
Until he answers for his crime
Yes I'll match him whim for whim now


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My Rival Lyrics as written by Walter Carl Becker Donald Fagen

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    here's the scenario: there are two speakers in the song. The principal speaker is a thirty-something momma's boy. never really had a girlfriend, lives in mom's basement, maybe dad left them when he was little...he's got baggage...the second speaker only has one verse: "I still recall when I first held/ Your tiny hand in mine/ I loved you more than I can tell/ But now it's stomping time" I attribute this verse to the first speaker's mother. she remembers him as a baby. she remembers how much love and affection she has given him over the years, but now she is fed up with this whining leech of a son. she longs for romantic company, and the "jolly roger" (a barely hidden allusion to the older man's penis)is now committing the ultimate crime of f%@#ing the speaker's mother. he can't handle that her attentions have shifted from himself to this rival! ps, i'm also thinking that the milk truck reference has something to do with maternal care...mother's milk? it could be any other kind of truck, why did they choose a milk truck...think about...hmmm...hmmm...

    fred30on September 15, 2010   Link

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