What A Shame About Me Lyrics - Steely Dan

I was grinding through my day gig 

Stackin' cutouts at the Strand 

When in walks Franny from NYU 

We were quite an item back then 

We talked about her films and shows and CDs 

And I don't know what else 

She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me 

But tell me - how about yourself 

CHORUS: 

I'm still working on that novel 

But I'm just about to quit 

'Cause I'm worrying about the future now 

Or maybe this is it 

It's not all that I thought it would be 

What a shame about me 

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She said, talk to me, do you ever see 

Anybody else from our old crew 

Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize 

Now he's coming out with something new 

Alan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens 

And Barry is the software king 

And somebody told me in the early 80's 

You were gonna be the Next Big Thing 

CHORUS: 

Well now that was just a rumor 

But I guess I'm doin' fine 

Three weeks out of the rehab 

Living one day at a time 

Sneaking up on the new century 

What a shame about me 

What a shame about me 

I'm thinking of a major Jane Street sunrise 

And the goddess on the fire escape was you 

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We both ran out of small talk 

The connection seemed to go dead 

I was about to say, hey, have a nice life 

When she touched my hand and said: 

You know I just had this great idea 

This could be very cool 

Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel 

And make believe we're back at our old school 

CHORUS: 

I said babe you look delicious 

And you're standing very close 

But like this is Lower Broadway 

And you're talking to a ghost 

Take a good look it's easy to see 

What a shame about me 

What a shame about me