Crying Shame

Album: In Between Dreams (2005)
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  • It's such a tired game
    Will it ever stop?
    How will this all play out
    Of sight, out of mind now

    By now, we should know how to communicate instead of coming to blows
    We're on the road and there ain't no stopping us now
    We're burning under control
    Isn't it strange how we're all burning
    Under the same sun
    By now, they say if it's a war for peace
    It's the same old game
    But do we really want to play?
    We could close our eyes, it's still there
    We could say it's us against them
    We could try but nobody wins
    Gravity has got a hold on us all
    Could try to put it out
    But it's a growing flame
    Using fear as fuel
    Burning down our name
    And it won't take too long
    'Cause words all burn the same
    Now who we gonna blame now and all?

    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    Shame, shame, shame

    By now, it's beginning to show
    A number of people are numbers that ain't coming home
    I could close my eyes, it's still there
    Close my mind, be alone
    I could close my heart and not care
    But gravity has got a hold on us all
    It's a terrific price to pay
    But in the true sense of the word
    Are we using what we've learned
    In the true sense of the word?
    Are we losing what we were?

    It's such a tired game
    Will it ever stop?
    It's not for me to say
    And is it in our blood?
    Or is it just our fate?
    And how will this all play out?
    Of sight, out of my mind now
    Who we gonna blame all in all?

    Just the crying, crying, crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame
    It's such a crying, crying, crying shame, shame, shame Writer/s: Adam Topol, Jack Johnson
    Publisher: Bubble Toes Publishing, Capitol CMG Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Royalty Network
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