What A Shame About Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by shel157818 

Cover art for What A Shame About Me lyrics by Steely Dan

it has a common vibe of someone whose getting older (moving from 30s to 40s-50s) and meeting up with someone they were pretty close to during college. Their lives diverged so much that they don't have anything in common anymore.He so embarrassed about his life not being as successful as hers that he just sends her away so as not to cause any further embarrassment and laments "what a shame about me".