What a Shame - Shinedown

Two packs of cigarettes a day

The strongest whiskey Kentucky can make

That's a recipe

To put a vagabond on his hands and knees

I watched it all up close, I knew him more than most

I saw a side of him he never showed

Full of sympathy

For a world that wouldn't let him be

That's the man he was

Have you heard enough?

What a shame, what a shame

To judge a life that you can't change

The choir sings, the church bells ring

So, won't you give this man his wings?

What a shame

To have to beg you to see

We're not all the same

What a shame

There's a hard life for every silver spoon

There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue

That's the way that I see life

If there was nothin' wrong, then there'd be nothin' right

And for this workin' man they say could barely stand

There's gotta be a better place to land

Some kind of remedy

For a world that wouldn't let him be

That's the man he was

Have you heard enough?

What a shame, what a shame

To judge a life that you can't change

The choir sings, the church bells ring

So, won't you give this man his wings?

What a shame

To have to beg you to see

We're not all the same

What a shame

God forgive the hands that laid you down

They never knew how

Much a broken heart can break the sound

And change the seasons

Now the leaves are fallin' faster

Happily ever after

You gave me hope through your endeavors

And now you will live forever

What a shame, what a shame

To judge a life that you can't change

The choir sings, the church bells ring

So, won't you give this man his wings?

What a shame

To have to beg you to see

We're not all the same

What a shame, what a shame

'Cause we're not all the same

What a shame, what a shame

'Cause we're not all the same