Lyric discussion by cabincrazyone 

For this song the lyrics are fairly obviously about human nature, and fate and irony messing with us. The previous comments pretty well explain everything. My comment is that I appreciate the skilled writing and composition of Fagen and Becker, and simply listening to Baxter's instrumental break is pure enjoyment.

@cabincrazyone That\'s not Jeff Baxter - it\'s Denny Dias - and he\'s playing an electric sitar that he found in the studio that day, played the solo, then never touched another electric sitar again.

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