The stars that night shone wildly bright outside But you stayed in and stared the night away At shelves of books lined wall to wall You soaked 'em up from spring to fall since seventies And you've been dreaming of big, big things Meanwhile, you're weaker in the knees Just like they said it would be Just like you read it would be And once or twice, distractions came To thaw the ice and gave you chances plenty And you'd muster fire for sometimes even months But never quite enough to light it up So they'd marry men and make handsome babies And that's the last you would hear of them Just like they said it would be Just like you read it would be