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Artist: Patricia Barber
Canonical path: /patricia-barber/what-a-shame
Related lyric paths: 6
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What a Shame
Read What a Shame lyrics by Patricia Barber on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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What a Shame
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The bluest morning ever
Broke today
Forego the nighttime
Find the moon
In the afternoon
Cry
All day
One is forgiven
Much too soon
Another year has come
And gone my way
My blood is thicker
Showing signs
Of pathology
Fast on the track
To decay
Remorse as company
Here to stay
I need you
I lost you
What a shame
The smoky faces lost
In this café
Their lips forever chat
A grey uniformity
Cry
All day
Amazing lethargy
Here to stay
I need you
I lost you
What a shame
No sunrise
No coffee
What a shame
No seaside
No poets, no backbeat
No lover, no mother
No mainline, no downtime
What a shame
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Patricia Barber performs "What a Shame", and this lyric page sits inside the Patricia Barber catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to All Or Nothing At All and Black Magic Woman with a short reason for opening each page next.
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