Sometimes I become addicted to a song and find myself needing to hear it over and over again until hearing it one more time becomes unbearable. The song doesn’t have to be new to me. In fact, the song’s usually familiar. What’s new is that I’ve heard something in it I hadn’t heard before. A lyric, a melody, the singer’s voice combine to make me think the song contains some magic, mythic meaning that matches the mood or the moment I’m in. This week, that’s been the case with Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues.”
Great view of the song’s powerful lyrics. In my addiction I didn’t hesitate to label myself a loser. Those days are over. I’m winning every day I get up and stay sober 🙏
it seems like the song is an anthem of a crucial turning point for you, which is wonderful.
What I took faway rom the lyric about winners and losers was a plea to stop thinking in such binary terms about being a "winner." In any case, the lyrics are truly poetic!
Ironic lyrics that support your idea:
Well, it was nearly summer, we sat on your roof
Yeah, we smoked cigarettes and we stared at the moon
And I showed you stars you never could see
Babe, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me
Baby, time meant nothin', anythin' seemed real
Yeah, you could kiss like fire and you made me feel
Like every word you said was meant to be
No, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me
Baby, even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Keep a little bit of pride
They get lucky sometimes
Two cars parked on the overpass
Rocks hit the water like broken glass
I shoulda known right then it was too good to last
God, it's such a drag when you live in the past
Baby, even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Keep a little bit of pride
They get lucky sometimes
Baby, even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Keep a little bit of pride
Yeah, they get lucky sometimes
Baby, even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Great song!
Great view of the song’s powerful lyrics. In my addiction I didn’t hesitate to label myself a loser. Those days are over. I’m winning every day I get up and stay sober 🙏
it seems like the song is an anthem of a crucial turning point for you, which is wonderful.
What I took faway rom the lyric about winners and losers was a plea to stop thinking in such binary terms about being a "winner." In any case, the lyrics are truly poetic!