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"Shame Is The Name"
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)
These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in the "Swords" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
Hey boy, are you happy to be
a dim-ass teen on the spree
you get drunk all day
then and you're sick all night
is this the sum of your life?
What's your name?
what's your name?
what's your dreams, your goals,
your ambitions and aims?
he laughed and said:
"Shame is the name."
he said:
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
he said:
"Shame is the name"
hey girl, are you happy to be
a dim-ass teen on the spree
you get drunk all day
and then you're sick all night
is this all you was born for?
what's your name?
what's your name?
what's your dreams, your goals,
your ambitions and aims?
she laughed and said:
"Shame is the name."
she said:
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
politician, can you listen to yourself
for just once in your life?
because of something you've said
teen soldiers are dead,
because of money you've saved
seniors are in their graves
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
"Shame is the name"
shame makes the world go 'round
shame makes the world go 'round
shame makes the world go 'round
shame makes the world go 'round
Note: the sample at the beginning of the song is in French: "Salaud Mauricet, dégueulasse, tes jours sont comptés Mauricet... Il va t'arriver du mouron Mauricet!", which roughly translates to "Bastard Mauricet, disgusting, your days are numbered Mauricet... something fatal will happen to you Mauricet!". The 't' at the end of 'Mauricet' is silent and therefore the name sounds like 'Morrissey' to the English ear. The sample was lifted from the 1959 film "Les 400 coups" ("The 400 Blows").
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