Hidden Shame — текст песни (Elvis Costello)

Im sorry to say that you dont know me

Im sad in ways you never understood

Each time I try to tell the ugly truth

You always let it pass you by

You said I d never tell you a lie

Just because I could

Did you really think I was a bad man?

You always said that that should be my middle name

But you dont know the half of it

You dont know how that name fits

You dont know my hidden shame



Hidden shame, shame, shame

That I cant get free

From the blame and the torture

And the misery

Must it be my secret for eternity?

Till you know my hidden shame you really dont know me



Well, theres a different kind of prison

And it dont even have to look much like a cell

Its already on your mind

Boy, we can see it in your eyes

So, heres the bars and walls as well



Well, you know Im never coming home, babe

You said youd stand by me until I cleared my name

Sure its easy to be strong

When you know the charge is wrong

But the days and weeks get long

When youve got a hidden shame



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I had a friend when I was just a boy

We were like brothers, we would run and hide

And we went walking on a high hillside

And I really dont how it happened

He turned to me and had this strange look in his eye

And not a single word was spoken

I must have pushed him, but I dont remember why

And all at once, he lay there broken

And I walked down without him and I didnt even sigh



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They say you always hurt the one you love

And Im not saying if I did or if I didnt

But like my shame, that kind of love is always hidden

They locked me up here for the ideas in my head

They never got me for the thing I really did



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