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Released 27 August 2010

Shame

One of the most eagerly-anticipated songs of the 21st century, Shame saw Robbie reunited with former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow. Released as the lead single from Robbie's second greatest hits compilation - In And Out Of Consciousness - the track was written jointly written by the pair and inspired by their relationship's historical woes. It reached number two in the UK charts and paved the way for Robbie's return to Take That later on in 2010.

Shame

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Lyrics

Well there's three versions of this story mine and yours
And then the truth
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain,
But it came back return to sender
I read your mind and tried to call,
My tears could fill the Albert Hall,
Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame.
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus, oh
And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us
I wrote a letter in my mind,
But the words were so unkind,
About a man I can't remember
I don't recall the reasons why,
I must have meant them at the time
Is this the sound of sweet surrender?
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that's how they stay
Oh what a shame.
Words come easy
When they're true
Words come easy
When they're true
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
What a shame we never listened
I told you through the television
And all that went away was the price we paid
People spend a lifetime this way
And that's how they stay
People spend a lifetime this way
Oh what a shame
What a shame.
Ooh
Such a shame what a shame
Beautiful shame, real shame, and stuff double shame (shame, shame shame)

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