Shame

Well, there's three versions of the
Story, mine, yours and then the truth
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 that came back returned to sender
I read your mind and tried to call
My tears could fill the Albert Hall
But this is something sweeter rendered

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
What a shame

So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
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 reason why, I must have met him at the time
But this is something sweeter rendered

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
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
With your poster thirty foot high at the back of Toys'R'Us
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
That's how they stay

Oh what a shame
Oh what a shame