Embarrassment

Album: Absolutely (1980)
Charted: 4
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  • Received a letter just the other day
    Don't seem they wanna know you no more
    They've laid it down given you their score
    Within the first two lines it bluntly read

    You're not to come and see us no more
    Keep away from our door
    Don't come 'round here no more
    What on earth did you do that for?

    Our aunt, she don't wanna know she says
    "What will the neighbors think, they'll think
    We don't, that's what they'll think, we don't"
    But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't

    Our uncle he don't wanna know he says
    "We are a disgrace to the human race", he says
    "How can you show your face
    When you're a disgrace to the human race?"

    No commitment, you're an embarrassment
    Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement
    The intention that you have booked
    Was an intention that was overlooked

    They say, "Stay away
    Don't want you home today
    Keep away from our door
    Don't come 'round here no more"

    Our dad, don't wanna know he says
    "This is a serious matter
    Too late to reconsider
    No one's gonna wanna know ya"

    Our mum, she don't wanna know, she says
    "I'm feelin' twice as old", she says
    "Thought she had a head on her shoulder
    'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older
    I'm feelin' twice as older"

    You're an embarrassment Writer/s: LEE JAY THOMPSON, MICHAEL BARSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • AnonymousSo what happened to the black fella who fathered the 4 children...just wondered is all..
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