Show Me a Little Shame - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

I was grinding through my day gig Stackin' cutouts at the Strand When in walks Franny from NYU We were quite an item back then We talked about her films and shows and CDs And I don't know what else She said, yeah, Hollywood's been good to me But tell me - how about yourself CHORUS: I'm still working on that novel But I'm just about to quit 'Cause I'm worrying about the future now Or maybe this is it It's not all that I thought it would be What a shame about me She said, talk to me, do you ever see Anybody else from our old crew Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize Now he's coming out with something new Alan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens And Barry is the software king And somebody told me in the early 80's You were gonna be the Next Big Thing CHORUS: Well now that was just a rumor But I guess I'm doin' fine Three weeks out of the rehab Living one day at a time Sneaking up on the new century What a shame about me What a shame about me I'm thinking of a major Jane Street sunrise And the goddess on the fire escape was you We both ran out of small talk The connection seemed to go dead I was about to say, hey, have a nice life When she touched my hand and said: You know I just had this great idea This could be very cool Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel And make believe we're back at our old school CHORUS: I said babe you look delicious And you're standing very close But like this is Lower Broadway And you're talking to a ghost Take a good look it's easy to see What a shame about me What a shame about me

I can't understand what I'm doing Don't understand where we going Please understand where I'm coming from Understand that it's all in me But not plain to see Please Understand that we strumming Why understand where we going? I understand life be flowing Dreaming as you be talking to me About where we'll be I'm wearing your gold You whispering that it's over to yourself It's creeping up my shoulder I understand where we're coming from Understand my devotion Don't understand what we're doing Understand that it's plain to see But not clear to me Where the river flow, that's where I wanna go With you, with you, with you I just know that we are always love, oh-ooh Love our darkness and love our sorrows, oh When it's time for summer I just know that we will always bloom Or will you have to find another kind of pure lover Won't you learn from it all? Ooh And if I fall into the arms of another I hope I will discover the truth Ooh, I long for you I can't understand what I'm doing Don't understand where we going Please understand where I'm coming from Understand that it's all in me But not plain to see Understand our devotion Don't understand where we going I understand life be flowing Understand that it's plain to see Not clear to me

Okay? Number seven Shame on me for loving you Can't deny that you've been untrue You lie so sweet but you love to tease Putting out fire with your gasoline Woah, yeah I'm baptized and born again You can go to hell with your fucked-up friends Crazy little bitch in the first degree Shame on you for loving me Yeah, woah (Oh, my, my) That's what I get for loving you (Lie, lie, lie) You know I can't live without you (Why, why, why?) And all those things you put me through (Cry, cry, cry) 'Cause I'll get my kicks without you (That's what I get for loving you) (Oh, I can't live without you) (That's what I get for loving you) (Oh, I can't live without you) Shame on me for loving you But you can't deny that you've been untrue You lie so sweet but you love to tease Putting out fire with your gasoline Dot-dot-dot-dot-up Heh-eh-eh! Are you baptized and born again? I'ma raise hell to the bitter end I'm a crazy little bitch in the first degree Shame on you for loving me Ha! Yeah, yeah-yeah Uh, uh, uh (Oh, my, my) That's what I get for loving you (Lie, lie, lie) You know I can't live without you (Why, why, why?) And all those things you put me through (Cry, cry, cry) 'Cause I'll get my kicks without you (That's what I get for loving you)

Like the wings stolen from an angel Like petals gone from a rose Like a dove caught in a storm Tonight he is in the Lord's arms The wind, it blew straight through us And whispered to me in tongues I was told I was warned Tonight he would be in the Lord's arms Tonight he is in the Lord's arms So I'll drink this wine to him With each glass a memory He left me with his crown of thorns Tonight he is in the Lord's arms Tonight he is in the Lord's arms Tonight he is in the Lord's arms