Don Mclean - Oh My What a Shame lyrics

They were married in the old Church yard And they promised to be true to each other No matter how hard their lives might be But like meteors that fell through moments parallel They were soon to cross And on different plots of earth they both did fall Though their lives had really not been hard at all Oh my what a shame No one's to blame It just happened that way And there's nothing you can say When two people say goodbye Oh my... Two brothers, promised they'd return When the war that they were fighting was over But only one lived to keep his vow And the story I was told said he lived to be quite old Before time won out Someone asked if he knew what they both fought for But he could not recall he had ever been to war Oh my what a shame No one's to blame It just happened that way And there's nothing you can say When two people say goodbye Oh my... For there's nothing you can say when it's over And there's nothing you can do when it's done There's no battle you can win And there's nothing to begin That's not begun On this moment, I recall your face And I wonder if you still think about me Occasionally I still think of you And I watch the river flow and I know I must let go But it's oh so hard For the waves are all around my small canoe I had always hoped this boat could carry two Oh my what a shame No one's to blame It just happened that way And there's nothing you can say When two people say goodbye Oh my...