Well there's three versions of this story —
Mine, yours and then the truth,
And we can put it down to circumstance,
Our childhood, then our youth
Out of some sentimental gain
I wanted you to feel my pain,
But it came back return to sender,
I read your mind and tried to call,
My tears could fill the Albert Hall,
Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
[Chorus:]
What a shame we never listened,
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid,
People spend a lifetime this way
And that's how they stay,
Oh what a shame
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
I wrote a letter in my mind,
But the words were so unkind,
About a man I can't remember
I don't recall the reasons why,
I must have meant them at the time,
Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
[Chorus]
Words come easy, when they're true
Words come easy, when they're true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
Now we can put it down to circumstance,
Our childhood then our youth
[Chorus]
People spend a lifetime this way,
Oh what a shame,
Such a shame, what a shame
