Lyrics to
Chain Lightning

Released by Steely Dan in 1975
From the Album: Katy Lied |

This version of Chain Lightning was released by Steely Dan in 1975.

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Some turnout, a hundred grand
Get with it we’ll shake his hand
Don’t bother to understand
Don’t question the little man
Be part of the brotherhood
Yes it’s chain lightning
It feels so good
Hush brother, we cross the square
Act natural like you don’t care
Turn slowly and comb your hair
Don’t trouble the midnight air
We’re standing just where he stood
It was chain lightning
It feels so good


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About Lyrics and Chain Lightning by Steely Dan

When you decide to study the lyrics to Chain Lightning, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Steely Dan. Some of the lyrics to Chain Lightning have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Steely Dan and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Chain Lightning if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Chain Lightning" means the words set to the music of Chain Lightning, 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 Chain Lightning and the lyrics to Chain Lightning 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 Chain Lightning, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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