What A Shame - Shinedown
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 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 gotta 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 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 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
