ROBBIE WILLIAMS - SHAME
WITH GARY BARLOW
Well There’S Three Versions Of This Story Mine
Yours And Then The Truth
And 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
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
Oh What A Shame
People Spend A Lifetime This Way
Oh What A Shame
Such A Shame, What A Shame
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams
Producer(s): Trevor Horn
This Newly Written Track Is The First Single From Robbie Williams 39-Song Greatest Hits Set, In And Out Of Consciousness – The Greatest Hits 1990 – 2010 The Song Was Co-Written With Gary Barlow And Is A Duet Between The Two Superstars. It Is The First Song The Pair Worked On Together Since Williams Left Take That In 1995.
The Song Deals With The Estrangement That Occurred Between Williams And Barlow After Williams Left Take That To Pursue A Solo Career.
The Video Was Filmed In June 2010 At A Honky Tonk Country Western Bar Called The Cowboy Palace Saloon. The Clip Focuses On The Relationship Between Barlow And Williams, As Well As Robbie's Feelings After He Left Take That In 1995 And How He Felt After They Reformed Without Him And Achieved Unprecedented Success.
Williams And Barlow Performed Live Together For The First Time In 15 Years On September 12, 2010, Singing This Song At A Televised Charity Concert In London To Raise Money For British Soldiers. "It's Been 15 Years In The Making," Williams Told The Crowd. "My Wife Calls Him My Boyfriend, I Call Him My Captain, To You, Mr. Gary Barlow," The Singer Added As His Former Bandmate Took To The Stage For The Duet.
This Marked The First Time Ever That Williams And Barlow Have Shared Lead Vocals Equally On A Song. Lead Vocals On 1990s Take That Tracks Were Handled By Each Member In Turn, So Whilst Robbie Sang Lead On "Could It Be Magic," "'Everything Changes" And "I Found Heaven," Gary Performed On His Own On "Back For Good," "Pray," And "Sure."