FINALLY does Pandora give me "Doctor Wu." You're overdue, buddy!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

:loveya:

One of the best 'Dan songs, without a doubt. I was waiting for Pandora to relent and play it!

Katy tried
I was halfway crucified
I was on the other side
Of no tomorrow
You walked in
And my life began again
Just when I'd spent the last piaster
I could borrow
All night long
We would sing that stupid song
And every word we sang
I knew was true

Are you with me Doctor Wu
Are you really just a shadow
Of the man that I once knew
Are you crazy are you high
Or just an ordinary guy
Have you done all you can do
Are you with me Doctor

Don't seem right
I've been strung out here all night
I've been waiting for the taste
You said you'd bring to me
Biscayne Bay
Where the Cuban gentlemen sleep all day
I went searching for the song
You used to sing to me
Katy lies
You could see it in her eyes
But imagine my surprise
When I saw you

Are you with me Doctor Wu
Are you really just a shadow
Of the man that I once knew
She is lovely yes she's sly
And you're an ordinary guy
Has she finally got to you
Can you hear me Doctor

:loveya:

[taterguy]

1. Thank you

For reminding me to dig out my copy of the Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime so I could listen to their version of it

BTW, Dr. Wu was a real person. He was an advisor to Nixon, hence the line about Biscayne Bay in the song

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Yes, but Fagen talks about how "Doctor Wu" is heroin personified.

It seems to be, as Fagen put it, a "love-dope triangle," whereby an addict inadvertently gets his girlfriend hooked onto heroin as well.