What a Shame

[00:15.93] Two packs of cigarettes a day
[00:19.49] The strongest whiskey Kentucky can make
[00:23.28] That's a recipe, to put a vagabond
[00:27.77] On his hands and knees
[00:30.35] I watched it all up close
[00:31.80] I knew him more than most
[00:33.83] I saw a side of him, he never showed
[00:37.94] Full of sympathy
[00:40.06] For a world that wouldn't let him be
[00:45.29] That's the man he was
[00:48.18] Have you heard enough
[00:51.60] What a shame, what a shame
[00:55.09] To judge a life that you can't change
[00:58.96] The choir sings
[01:00.44] The church bells ring
[01:02.49] So won't you give this man his wings
[01:05.59] What a shame
[01:07.33] To have to beg you to see
[01:10.01] We're not all the same
[01:14.36] What a shame
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[01:29.29] There's a hard life
[01:30.57] For every silver spoon
[01:32.59] There's a touch of gray
[01:34.14] For every shade of blue
[01:36.40] That's the way that I see life
[01:39.11] If there was nothing wrong
[01:40.89] Then there'd be nothing right
[01:43.61] And for this working man
[01:45.22] They said could barely stand
[01:47.00] There's got to be a better place to land
[01:51.03] Some kind of remedy
[01:53.15] For a world that wouldn't let him be
[01:56.80] That's the man he was
[02:00.82] Have you heard enough?
[02:05.02] What a shame, what a shame
[02:09.25] To judge a life that you can't change
[02:11.72] The choir sings
[02:13.56] The church bells ring
[02:15.40] So won't you give this man his wings
[02:18.89] What a shame
[02:20.55] To have to beg you to see
[02:23.28] We're not all the same
[02:27.39] What a shame
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[02:39.85] God forgive the hands that laid you down
[02:44.76]
[02:51.44] They never knew how
[02:52.94] Much a broken heart can break the sound
[02:57.64] And change the seasons
[03:00.04] Now the leaves are falling faster
[03:02.98] Happily ever after
[03:06.74] You gave me hope through your endeavors
[03:10.71] And now you will live forever
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[03:19.47] What a shame, what a shame
[03:23.12] To judge a life that you can't change
[03:26.32] The choir sings
[03:28.54] The church bells ring
[03:30.36] So won't you give this man his wings
[03:33.67] What a shame
[03:35.49] To have to beg you to see
[03:37.98] We're not all the same
[03:40.92] (What a shame)
[03:42.52] (What a shame)
[03:44.58] 'Cause we're not all the same
[03:48.18] (What a shame)
[03:50.80] 'Cause we're not all the same
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