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Any Major Dude Will Tell You

This version of Any Major Dude Will Tell You was released by Steely Dan in 1974.

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I never seen you looking so bad my funky one
You tell me that your superfine mind has come undone

Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won’t be there no more
Any major dude will tell you

Have you ever seen a squonk’s tears? Well, look at mine
The people on the street have all seen better times

I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do
You can try to run but you can’t hide from what’s inside of you

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The lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steely Dan used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Steely Dan and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You by Steely Dan. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You" means the words set to the music of Any Major Dude Will Tell You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steely Dan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Any Major Dude Will Tell You and the lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steely Dan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Any Major Dude Will Tell You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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