Lyrics to
Sign In Stranger

This version of Sign In Stranger was released by Steely Dan in 1976.

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Have you heard about the boom on Mizar Five
People got to shout to stay alive
They don’t even have policeman one
Doesn’t matter where you been or what you’ve done
Do you have a dark spot on your past
Leave it to my man he’ll fix it fast
Pepe has a scar from ear to ear
He will make your mug shots disappear

You zombie
Be born again my friend
Won’t you sign in stranger

Do you like to take a yo-yo for a ride
Zombie I can see you’re qualified
Walk around collecting Turkish union dues
They will call you sir and shine your shoes
Or maybe you would like to see the show
You’ll enjoy the Cafe D’Escargot
Folks are in a line around the block
Just to see her do the can-can-Jacques

Love or leave her, yellow fever
Sure, it’s all in the game
And who are you
Just another scurvy brother

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About Lyrics and Sign In Stranger by Steely Dan

The lyrics for Sign In Stranger are defined as the words making up the song released by Steely Dan in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sign In Stranger have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Steely Dan and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Sign In Stranger by Steely Dan if you think through it. 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 Sign In Stranger" means the words set to the music of Sign In Stranger, 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 Sign In Stranger and the lyrics to Sign In Stranger 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 Sign In Stranger, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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