"one of the things that impressed us about Steely Dan was that they would say anything in their songs, and it didn't necessarily have to make sense."
I tend to write that way anymore. To me, the more it doesn't make sense, the more options there are that it will make different sense(s) to listeners:)
Painting an image is the key.
By the time this line has come and gone, the listener is still looking at her (in the doorway:)
"There she stood in the doorway"