Steely Dan - What a Shame About Me текст песни

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 dont know what else

She said, yeah, hollywoods been good to me

But tell me - how about yourself

Chorus:

Im still working on that novel

But Im just about to quit

cause Im worrying about the future now

Or maybe this is it

Its not all that I thought it would be

What a shame about me

She said, talk to me, do you ever see

Anybody else from our old crew

Bobby dakine won the bunsen prize

Now hes 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 80s

You were gonna be the next big thing

Chorus:

Well now that was just a rumor

But I guess Im 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

Im thinking of a major jane street sunrise

And the goddess on the fire escape was you

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 dont we grab a cab to my hotel

And make believe were back at our old school

Chorus:

I said babe you look delicious

And youre standing very close

But like this is lower broadway

And youre talking to a ghost

Take a good look its easy to see

What a shame about me

What a shame about me