WB: Well, the charmer was a guy who lived under Donald's apartment when we were in Brooklyn. And the song is just a bunch of things that the guy and his wife had coming to them, you know, for the indignities that they suffered living in Brooklyn, sitting on the stoop and just shooting the shit about the Mets and that kind of thing for 20 years. So, you see, the song does yield to a valid interpretation.
Lots of other cool Steely Dan lyric explations from WB and DF there.
I agree, except I think the guy's wife was part of the indignity he had to suffer,,hence the line,,"His lady's aching to bring a body down,,she daily preaches where she wants to be" sounds like she nags him a lot, so Brooklyn owes the charmer "an evening with a beauty queen, a face we all have seen".
I agree, except I think the guy's wife was part of the indignity he had to suffer,,hence the line,,"His lady's aching to bring a body down,,she daily preaches where she wants to be" sounds like she nags him a lot, so Brooklyn owes the charmer "an evening with a beauty queen, a face we all have seen".
According to http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/9lyrics.htm
WB: Well, the charmer was a guy who lived under Donald's apartment when we were in Brooklyn. And the song is just a bunch of things that the guy and his wife had coming to them, you know, for the indignities that they suffered living in Brooklyn, sitting on the stoop and just shooting the shit about the Mets and that kind of thing for 20 years. So, you see, the song does yield to a valid interpretation.
Lots of other cool Steely Dan lyric explations from WB and DF there.
I agree, except I think the guy's wife was part of the indignity he had to suffer,,hence the line,,"His lady's aching to bring a body down,,she daily preaches where she wants to be" sounds like she nags him a lot, so Brooklyn owes the charmer "an evening with a beauty queen, a face we all have seen".
I agree, except I think the guy's wife was part of the indignity he had to suffer,,hence the line,,"His lady's aching to bring a body down,,she daily preaches where she wants to be" sounds like she nags him a lot, so Brooklyn owes the charmer "an evening with a beauty queen, a face we all have seen".