What a Shame About Me

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Steely Dan is an American rock band consisting of core members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop.Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies." more »

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2008

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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 

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 

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

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