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Re the chorus:

They’ve got a name for the winners in the world.
I want a name when I lose.
They call Alabama, “The Crimson Tide”
Call me, “Deacon Blues.”

In 2006, Fagen told Rolling Stone:

Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, “You mean it’s like, ‘They call these cracker assholes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I’m this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?’ ” And I said, “Yeah!” He said, “Cool! Let’s finish it!”

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    Man, that’s one of my absolute favorite songs. Love learning bits about its backstory.
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