Oh My What A Shame Lyrics - Don Mclean

They were married in the old church yard 

And they promised to be true to each other 

No matter how hard their lives might be 

But like meteors that fell through moments parallel 

They were soon to cross and on different plots of earth 

They both did fall, though their lives had really not been hard at all 

Oh my, what a shame, no one's to blame 

It just happened that way 

And there is nothing you can say 

When two people say good-bye, oh my 

Two brothers promised they'd return 

When the war that they were fighting was over 

But only one lived to keep his vow 

And the story I was told said, "He lived to be quite old 

Before time won out, someone asked if he knew what they both 

Fought for, but he could not recall he'd ever been to war" 

Oh my, what a shame, no one's to blame 

It just happened that way 

And there is nothing you can say 

When two people say good-bye, oh my 

For there's nothing you can say when it's over 

And there's nothing you can do when it's done 

There's no battle you can win 

And there's nothing to begin that's not begun 

In this moment, I recall your face 

And I wonder if you still think about me 

Occasionally I still think of you 

And I watch the river flow and I know I must let go 

But it's, oh so hard for the waves are all around my small canoe 

I had always hoped this boat could carry two 

Oh my, what a shame, no one's to blame 

It just happened that way 

And there is nothing you can say 

When two people say good-bye, oh my 

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