ist - Toothpick Bridge - Released August 17th, 2009
You Should Be Ashamed
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Questions are scattered like birdseed across my front lawn
You speak for a nation of enquiring minds and tedious brawn
You feel for my loss in what, of course, must be a difficult time
Would I care to shoulder, or perhaps, apportion the blame?
You should be ashamed
I can remember a time we both lived off my charms
I welcomed us you into my world with a wink and more open than arms
I've given you everything I can give, now the well has run dry
But you know that I'll keep the curtains half-drawn all the same
You should be ashamed
Tonight you'll get self-righteous 'bout the burden that you carry
You say that you've a job to do
Well, I've someone to bury
Breakfast is broken as somebody mutters so young
A turn of the page, and a shake of the head and they're done
I'll be replaced by a less ravaged face, and a less jaded smile
As you slide another award into a gilt-edged frame
You should be ashamed
(You should be ashamed)
You should be ashamed
(There's no one to blame)
(c) 2009 ist
Lyrics: Hall Music: Hall//Haynes/McCourt/Richardson
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