Shame Lyrics

Well, there's three versions of this story Mine and yours and then the truth And we can put it down to circumstance Our childhood, then our youth
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain But it came back return to sender I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened I told you through the television And all that went away was the price we paid People spend a lifetime this way Oh, what a shame
So I got busy throwing everybody Underneath the bus, oh And with your poster thirty foot high At the back of Toys R Us
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind About a man I can't remember I don't recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened I told you through the television And all that went away was the price we paid People spend a lifetime this way And that's how they stay Oh, what a shame
Words come easy When they're true Words come easy When they're true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus And with your poster thirty foot high at the back of Toys R Us Now we can put it down to circumstance Our childhood, then our youth
What a shame we never listened I told you through the television And all that went away was the price we paid People spend a lifetime this way And that's how they stay
People spend a lifetime this way Oh, what a shame What a shame Such a shame, what a shame