I've never heard Steely Dan frown but this song is SUPERB. It makes a story come alive - I feel, having listened to the song just once, as if I know Shorty, Joey, Lucy ... and that I'd find that bar out of a thousand, and be able to get around it just as easily. And, again, the song itself is really beautiful and so well-crafted. Your voice is at its usual, phenomenal crooner best. Bravo.