ARTIST: Indigo Girls
TITLE: Shame on You
Lyrics and Chords


My friends they wash the windows
And they shine in the sun
They tell me wake up early in the morning sometime
See what a beautiful job we done 
I say let's put on some tunes sing along
And do little all day
Go down to the riverside take off our shoes
And wash these sins away

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The river said la la la, it said shame on you
The river said la la la, it said shame on you

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I go down to Chicano city park
'Cause it makes me feel so fine
When the weeds go down you can see up close
In the dead of the winter time
But when the summer comes everything's in bloom
And you wouldn't know it's there
And the white folks like to pretend it's not
But their music's in the air

And you can hear 'em singing, la la la, they say shame on you 
And you can feel them dancing, la la la, they say shame on you

My friend Tanner she says, "You know me and Jesus
We're of the same heart
The only thing that keeps us distant
Is that I keep fuckin' up"
I said, "Come on down to Chicano city park
And wash your blues away"
The beautiful ladies walk on by
You know I never know what to say

And they'll be singing, oo la-la-la-la-la, shame on you 
They'll be dancin', la la la, they say shame on you, shame on you

Let's go road block trippin' in the middle of the night
Up in Gainesville town
There'll be blue lights flashin' down the long dirt road
When they ask us to step out
They say, "We be looking for illegal immigrants
Can we check your car?"
I say, "You know it's funny I think we were on the same boat
Back in 1694"

And I said, oo la-la-la-la-la, shame on you
They'll be dancin', la la la, they say shame on you, shame on you
Oo la-la-la-la-la, shame on you, shame on you
La la la, shame on you, shame on you

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