The Nightfly Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jsaul 

Cover art for The Nightfly lyrics by Donald Fagen

Sweetandy, I gotta disagree. I think New Frontier is about hosting a party in a bomb shelter, but not after a nuclear holocaust. Hence "let's pretend that its the real thing".

So I think this song is just about a regular underground dj. And the "race of men in the trees" is just a conspiracy theory espoused by some paranoid caller (who is also for tougher legislation).