Lyrics to
Bad Sneakers

This version of Bad Sneakers was released by Steely Dan in 1975.

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Five names that I can hardly
Stand to hear
Including yours and mine
And one more chimp who isn’t here
I can see the ladies talking
How the times are getting hard
And that fearsome excavation
On Magnolia Boulevard

And I’m going insane
And I’m laughing at the frozen rain
And I’m so alone
Honey when they gonna send me home
Bad sneakers and a Pina Colada
My friend
Stompin’ on the avenue
By Radio City with a
Transistor and a large
Sum of money to spend

You fellah, you tearin’ up the street
You wear that white tuxedo
How you gonna beat the heat
Do you take me for a fool
Do you think that I don’t see
That ditch out in the valley
That they’re digging just for me

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About Lyrics and Bad Sneakers by Steely Dan

The lyrics to Bad Sneakers are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Steely Dan in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Bad Sneakers are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Steely Dan and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Bad Sneakers back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Bad Sneakers by Steely Dan in a number of ways. 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 Bad Sneakers" means the words set to the music of Bad Sneakers, 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 Bad Sneakers and the lyrics to Bad Sneakers 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 Bad Sneakers, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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