Shame - Lyrics by Randy Newman


Lyrics

That's from the point of view of some old spider in new orleans who throws all dignity to the wind in pursuit of some 19-year-old girl, with 19-year-old skin. i love the idea of the power that y
Beautiful people have, the power to crush and maim and destroy. people with all the money in the world, all the power in the world - and some 19-year-old can rip 'em up. we can be made helpless
Amuses me enormously and yet, there's a nervous, painful quality to this song. it's a type of bad love, no doubt about it.


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