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