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    Two packs of cigarettes a day
    The strongest whiskey
    Kentucky can make
    That's a recipe to put a vagabond
    On his hands and knees
    I watched it all up close
    I knew him more than most
    I saw a side of him, he never showed
    Full of sympathy for a world that
    Wouldn't let him be

    That's the man he was
    Have you heard enough?

    [Chorus: ]
    What a shame, what a shame
    To judge a life that you can't change
    The choir sings, the church bells ring
    So, won't you give this man his wings?
    What a shame, to have to beg you to
    See we're not all the same
    What a shame

    There's a hard life for every silver spoon
    There's a touch of grey for every shade
    Of blue
    That's the way that I see life
    If there was nothing wrong
    Then there'd be nothing right
    And for this working man they say could
    Barely stand
    There's gotta be a better place to land
    Some kind of remedy for a world that
    Wouldn't let him be

    That's the man he was,
    Have you heard enough?

    [Chorus: ]

    God forgive the hands that laid you down
    They never knew how, but your broken
    Heart can break the sound
    And change the season
    Now the leaves are falling faster
    Happily ever after
    You gave me hope through your endeavors
    And now you will live forever

    [Chorus: ]
    What a shame, what a shame
    'Cause we're not all the same
    What a shame, what a shame
    'Cause we're not all the same

    Licensed by © EMI Music Publishing
    Written by BRENT SMITH | DAVE BASSETT

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