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