Lyrics to
Everything You Did

This version of Everything You Did was released by Steely Dan in 1976.

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Where did the bastard run
Is he still around
Now you gotta tell me everything you did baby
I’m gonna get a gun
Shoot the lover down
Are you gonna tell me everything you did baby
Traces are everywhere
In our happy home
Now you better tell me everything you did baby
I jumped out of my easy chair
It was not my own
Now I want to hear about everything you did baby

I never knew you
You were a roller skater
You gonna show me later
Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening

You know how people talk
I wonder what they say
I think you better tell me everything you did baby

I never knew you
You were a roller skater
You gonna show me later

You never came to me
When you were so inclined
Yes you could have told me everything you did baby
I know where baby’s at
I know your filthy mind
Now you’re gonna do me everything you did baby

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About Lyrics and Everything You Did by Steely Dan

The lyrics to Everything You Did are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steely Dan used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Everything You Did 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 Everything You Did 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 Everything You Did" means the words set to the music of Everything You Did, 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 Everything You Did and the lyrics to Everything You Did 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 Everything You Did, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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