Intro 1
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Well there's three versions of this story
Verse 1
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mine and yours
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And then the truth
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Now we can put it down to circumstance,
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our childhood, then our youth
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Out of some sentimental gain I
wanted you to feel my pain
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But it came back return to sender
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I read your mind and tried to call,
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My tears could fill the Albert Hall,
Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
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Verse 2
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What a shame we never listened
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I told you through the television
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And all that went away was
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the price we paid
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People spend a lifetime this way
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Oh what a shame
Verse 3
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So I got busy throwing everybody
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underneath the bus, oh
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And with your poster 30 foot
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high at the back of Toys R Us
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I wrote a letter in my mind
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But the words were so unkind
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About a man I can't remember
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I don't recall the reasons why
I must have meant them at the time
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Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
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What a shame we never listened
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I told you through the television
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And all that went away was
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the price we paid
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People spend a lifetime this way
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And that's how they stay
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Oh what a shame
Verse 5
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Words come easy
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When they're true
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Words come easy
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When they're true
Verse 6
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So I got busy throwing everybody
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un derneath the bus
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And with your poster 30foot high
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at the back of Toys R Us
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Now we can put it down to circumstance,
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our childhood then our youth
Verse 7
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What a shame we never listened
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I told you through the television
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And all that went away was
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the price we paid
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People spend a lifetime this way
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And that's how they stay
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People spend a lifetime this way
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Oh what a shame
What a shame
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Verse 8
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Such a shame, what a shame
Beautiful shame, real shame,
and stuff double shame (shame, shame, shame)
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