Shame
Robbie Williams:Well there’s three versions of this storyMine and yours and then the truth
Gary Barlow:Now we can put it down to circumstanceour childhood, then our youth
Robbie Williams:Out of some sentimental gainI wanted you to feel my painbut it came back return to sender
Gary Barlow:I read your mind and tried to callmy tears could fill the Albert HallIs this the sound of sweet surrender?
Both:What a shame we never listenedI told you through the televisionAnd all that went away was the price we payPeople spend a lifetime this wayOh what a shame
Robbie Williams:So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
Gary Barlow:Oh! And with your poster 30fthigh at the back of Toys-R-Us
Robbie Williams:I wrote a letter in my mindbut the words were so unkindAbout a man I can’t remember
Gary Barlow:I don’t recall the reasons whyI must have meant them at the timeIs this the sound of sweet surrender?
Both:What a shame we never listenedI told you through the televisionAnd all that went away was the price we payPeople spend a lifetime this wayOh what a shame
Words come easy, when they’re trueWords come easy, when they’re true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus,And with your poster 30ft high at the back of Toys-R-UsNow we can put it down to circumstanceour childhood, then our youth
What a shame we never listenedI told you through the televisionAnd all that went away was the price we payPeople spend a lifetime this wayAnd that’s how they stayPeople spend a lifetime this wayOh what a shame
What a shame
Ooooo, oooh, ohhh
Such a shame, what a shamepitiful shame, real shame, andstuff, proper shame, shame shame