Gary Barlow - Shame lyrics

[Verse 1] Well there's three versions of this story Mine, and yours, and then the truth Now we can put it down to circumstance Our childhood, then our youth [Pre-Chorus 1] 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 Oh what a shame [Verse 2] So I got busy throwing everybody Underneath the bus And with your poster 30 foot high At the back of Toys-R-Us [Pre-Chorus 2] 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] 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 [Bridge] Words come easy when they're true Words come easy when they're true [Verse 3] So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth [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 People spend a lifetime this way Oh what a shame What a shame Such a shame, what a shame [Spoken Outro]