Shut Up

Album: 7 (1981)
Charted: 7
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  • I tell you I didn't do it
    'Cause I wasn't there
    Don't blame me, it just isn't fair
    You listen to their side
    Now listen to mine
    Can't think of a story
    Sure you'll find me sometime

    Now pass the blame and don't blame me
    Just close your eyes and count to three
    (One two three)
    Then I'll be gone and you'll forget
    The broken window, t.v. set

    It wasn't me either, I'm just his mate
    He told me to stand here and watch the gate
    I've got a wife and three kids you know
    They'll tell you I'm straight, at least I think so
    I'm as honest as the day is long,
    The longer the daylight, the less I do wrong

    Pass the blame and don't blame me
    Just close your eyes and count to three
    (One two three)
    Writer/s: Cathal Joseph Smyth, Christopher John Foreman, Daniel Mark Woodgate, Graham Mcpherson, Lee Jay Thompson, Mark William Bedford, Michael Barson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandShut up was a song that was originally a lot longer than the version you hear today and it had "shut up" in the chorus.
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