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Artist: Wilco
Canonical path: /wilco/shouldn-t-be-ashamed
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shouldn't Be Ashamed
Read Shouldn't Be Ashamed lyrics by Wilco on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shouldn't Be Ashamed
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To live without a savior, answer to his name,
Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed
Like a kid behind the counter remembering your name,
Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed
If it's not like I told you, then it's still your call
You should live how you want, stay with me, we should stay apart
Just shouldn't ever have to be this hard
Like a man on the sidewalk remembering your face,
Shouldn't look away, shouldn't be afraid
He remembers when they still wore gaiters, World War One
Shouldn't be afraid, shouldn't be ashamed
If it's not like I told you, then it's still your call
You should live how you want, stay with me, we should stay apart
Just shouldn't ever have to be this hard
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Wilco performs "Shouldn't Be Ashamed", and this lyric page sits inside the Wilco catalog on LyroVerse.
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