From the recording Grace
This here is a Cheatin’ Song…This one started life as a Jimmy Reed style shuffle back in the Alaska Days. It was a fun dance song to play at the Alaskan Whaler, the last of the Grill-Your-Own steak places in town that were all the rage in the 70’s. I forgot about this one for years but was going through some old tapes and found a live recording of it. With T. Rogers, we sped it up a bit and added some lap steel to the mix to move it along - it’s a little more Texas than Chicago this way.
Shame Shame Shame
Lyrics
Shame Shame Shame
Well, I Thought I told you girl
A long, long time ago
If you don’t straighten up
I’m gonna have to let you go
Chorus:
Lord it’s a shame
It’s a low-down dirty shame
It’s a shame, shame shame, oh man
It’s a lowdown dirty shame
You know I try to love you
Always treat you right
Do everything I can
So, you stay home tonight night
Chorus
Know I Talked to your mama
Cause You don’t make no sense
You tell me you love me
But you’re running around again
Chorus
I’m gonna up my suitcase
Pack my things and go
Send you back to your mama
Cause you ain’t gonna change
And that’s a shame
It’s a low down dirty
It’s a shame, shame, shame,
oh man It’s a lowdown dirty shame
It’s a shame, shame, shame,
oh man It’s just a lowdown dirty shame
It’s a shame, shame, shame,
oh man It’s a lowdown dirty shame