Steely Dan – Aja 2023 (180g Vinyl LP)

I want a name when I lose! Enjoy the full "Aja" album on my channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfGibfZATlGogmBx443IFoYCguGNu6vtp I am not monetized, so please like and subscribe. Thank you & enjoy. (Lyrics & info below).

This is the day
Of the expanding man
That shape is my shade
There where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers
Wild gamblers
That's all in the past

You call me a fool
You say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real
I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line

CHORUS:
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

My back to the wall
A victim of laughing chance
This is for me
The essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love
With those of my kind
Libations
Sensations
That stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper
Through these suburban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bittersweet
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home

CHORUS

This is the night
Of the expanding the man
I take one last drag
As I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be

Walter Becker – bass
Donald Fagen – synthesizer, vocals
Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour – guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone
Victor Feldman – electric piano
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums
Venetta Fields – backup vocals
Clydie King – backup vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backup vocals


[The song was released in 1977, and although it’s credited to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the track is thought to be Fagen’s almost entirely alone. Written in his house in Malibu, the song offered Fagen a chance to create something grander and more truthful than many of his past efforts had afforded him to do. “‘Deacon Blues’ is about as close to autobiography as our tunes get,” Fagen recalled. “We were both kids who grew up in the suburbs, we both felt fairly alienated. Like a lot of kids in the ’50s, we were looking for some kind of alternative culture, an escape from where we found ourselves.”] ~ Far Out magazine (2022).