Shame

every bird of song

is a butcher keep in mind

and I'm taking names

of all of them who marred mine you cried like a newborn

you wailed ample praise

your gods wretch and dizzy from turning in their graves

and it's such a shame such a shame

when people don't turn out to be what they claim

it's a shame

a lowdown shame

bled out and sold dead

and it's such a shame, shame, shame

I could not control

said trebuchet eyes

spare me your good intentions with White Paper lies consummated shadows

and saccharine deeds

the country kept vigil

by their television screens

and it's such a shame such a shame

when people don't turn out to be what they claim

it's a shame

a lowdown shame

bled out and sordid

and it's such a shame, shame, shame

and it's such a shame such a shame

when people don't turn out to be what they claim

it's shame

a lowdown shame

bled out and sold dead

and it's such a crying shame such a shame

no more my country

and it's such a shame, shame, shame