What a Shame

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
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 There's a hard life for every silver spoon
 There's a touch of gray 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 said 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
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 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