Story Behind The Song
Sharing the painful, vivid cautionary tale of what blind love can do.
Song Description
Playing the field like always, never expecting to be at the altar, but blinded by love he falls head over heels, despite the warnings of friends. When all is said and done, he's lost friends, his two-timing wife, and gained a few ounces of Shame.
| Song Length |
3:56 |
Genre |
Pop - General, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Infuriated |
Subject |
Heartbreak, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
Shame Shame Shame Shame
She changed her name
Shame Shame Shame Shame
Shame on me
I was a rover, nor did I mind
That I was always leavin some girl behind
Footloose and fancy free
Nobody claimin me more than a night
But all of that changed the day
That woman marched my way all in white oh-oh
Shame Shame Shame Shame
She changed her name
Shame Shame Shame Shame
Shame on me
I was a new man with a new life
But my old buddies they couldn't stand my wife
They said she's usin' you
I said our friendships' through from now on
Then I came home one night and find out
That they'd been right all along
On a hot night in June, some stranger in our room
Holdin' her hand
She was my bride in May by July a divorcee
With a new man, Oh-oh
Shame Shame Shame Shame
She changed her name
Shame Shame Shame Shame
Shame on me
Shame on me
You know it's a dog-gone shame I got no one to blame
But me
Shame, Shame, Shame