Oh My What A Shame Lyrics

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Oh My What A Shame Lyrics

by Don McLean

They were married in the old church yard
and they promised to be true to each other
no matter how hard their lives might be
but like meteors that fell through moments parallel
they were soon to cross and on different plots of earth
they both did fall
Though their lives had really not been hard at all

Oh my, what a shame no one's to blame
it just happened that way and there is nothing you can say
when two people say good-bye

Oh my


Two brothers promised they'd return
when the war that they were fighting was over
but only one lived to keep his vow
and the story I was told said he lived to be quite old
before time won out, someone asked if he knew what they both
fought for, but he could not recall he'd ever been to war

Oh my, what a shame no one's to blame
it just happened that way and there is nothing you can say
when two people say good-bye

Oh my

For there's nothing you can say when it's over
And there's nothing you can do when it's done
there's no battle you can win
and there's nothing to begin that's not begun

In this moment, I recall your face and I wonder if you still
think about me, occasionally I still think of you
and I watch the river flow and I know I must let go
but it's oh so hard for the waves are all around my small canoe
I had always hoped this boat could carry two

Oh my, what a shame no one's to blame
it just happened that way and there is nothing you can say
when two people say good-bye

Oh my