Shinedown - “What a Shame”
Songs like this are why I love rock music. Deep. Emotional. Real.
Two packs of cigarettes a day
The strongest whiskey Kentucky can make
That’s a recipe
To put a vagabond on his hands and knees
I watched it all up close, I knew him more than most
I saw a side of him he never showed
Full of sympathy for a world that wouldn’t let him be
That’s the man he was
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can’t change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won’t you give this man his wings?
What a shame, to have have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame
There’s a hard life for every silver spoon
There’s a touch of grey for every shade of blue
That’s the way that I see life
If there was nothing wrong, then there’d be nothing right
And for this working man they say could barely stand
There’s got to be a better place to land
Some kind of remedy for a world that wouldn’t let him be
That’s the man he was
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can’t change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won’t you give this man his wings?
What a shame, to have have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame
God forgive the hands that laid you down, they never knew
How much a broken heart can break the sound, and change the season
Now the leaves are falling faster
Happily ever after
You gave me hope through your endeavors
And now you will live forever…
What a shame, what a shame
To judge a life that you can’t change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So won’t you give this man his wings?
What a shame, to have have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same (what a shame, what a shame)
Cause we’re not all the same (what a shame, what a shame)
Cause we’re not all the same
