Bodhisattva Lyrics

Lyric discussion by The Dog That Ate... 

Cover art for Bodhisattva lyrics by Steely Dan

Perfect song ! (perfect drums, bass, synths, guitar... incredible) One of the Dan's greatest ! I read somewhere that a journalist had written this song was "semi-religious"... what a fool ! It's a really ironic song. I think you're so right, what123ever. It sort of anticipated the "hype" for Buddha and the Dalai-Lama, I saw it in France 7 or 8 years ago... Fagen is in a total hurry when he sings that, then a man who wants to reach the "nirvana" shouldn't do it so fast, he'd really have to slow down... But that's the Occident : fast sex, fast food, fast music, express philosophy... Like Nobody the Indian would say : "Stupid white men..."