Ain't That a Shame

Well, I'm tired of hearing voices, I don't wanna hear no more

So call somebody, baby... I'll be useless in the morning

My heart is all in tatters, I ain't nobody's saint

I'm just trying not to call you, trying not to call you

And I learned the rules out with the wolves

I'm vicious now, honey, cruel and unprincipled

With tears in my eyeballs, wine on my lips, uh huh

And all my love, my love, is a plague

Ain't that a shame? Ain't that a shame?

I throb and wince and weep, just the same...

I can't feel a thing; ain't that a shame?

Now somebody hit the lights, get the ropes and medicines

And think about it, sugar, and how it's gonna end

Last night I was freezing, tonight I'm soaking wet

Well, I must've had a fever, salivating in my bed

And I learned the rules out with the wolves

I'm vicious now, honey, dumb and insatiable

With tears in my eyeballs, your name on my lips, uh huh

And all my love, my love, is a plague.

Ain't that a shame? Ain't that a shame?

I throb and wince and weep, just the same...

I can't feel a thing; ain't that a shame?

And all my love, she's a plague... ain't that a shame?

And you know you're gonna wait so long, time slips away

Till you can't feel the kick, my, how we've changed

I stood on the platform, waiting in vain... blue light, my baby...

And all my love, my love is a plague

Ain't that a shame, ain't that a shame?

Like poisonous fingers right in your veins

Who do you love? Who do you blame?

Nobody knows what trouble I'm in

Ain't that a shame, ain't it a shame?

My poisonous fingers inside your veins

They gonna get you someday...

Now ain't that a shame?