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For My Own Shame

from Tales of Pride & Shame by The Rin Tins

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The 1st half of the two-song love story, to begin with from the woman's point of view.
A young woman elopes with a handsome stranger from her home in a small, rural Italian village. But he's only using her for money, and when that runs out, he breaks her heart, telling her to go home. But she cannot, because she has shamed herself and her family by running away. What she regards as 'her own shame' he sees as 'just her foolish pride.'

lyrics

Vs1
When I was young
I spent long summer days
Thinking up different ways
Of leavin’ home.
Now my bitter wisdom
Is like a kingdom
Without a crown

Vs2
You were a stranger
And they themselves are rare
They talked of our affair all over town
I ran away with you on my arm
I believed all your charm
And vows of love

Chorus
Why can’t I go back
Why can’t I return
And prove that I have learned
From my mistakes
Whisked away by glamour
Driven home by jealousy
Consumed by misery
For my failed love

Vs3
Oh when we met
You whisked me off my feet
And I couldn't stand the beat
Of my heart
We traveled
Globe-trotting though the world
And I sold my Mama’s pearls
To get by

Chorus
Why can’t I go back
Why can’t I return
And prove that I have learned
From my mistakes
Whisked away by glamour
Driven home by jealousy
Consumed by misery
For my failed love

Vs4
And now you've left me
You’ve had all your fun
And all you did was run
From my arms
Now
I’m too ashamed to go home
So I wander the world alone
For my own shame

Chorus
Why can’t I go back
Why can’t I return
And prove that I have learned
From my mistakes
Whisked away by glamour
Driven home by jealousy
Consumed by misery
For my failed love

credits

from Tales of Pride & Shame, track released September 6, 2013
Jim Davies - Elec Guitar & Backing Vocals
Ben Leach - Drums & Percussion
Matthew Machin - Bass Guitar
Ryan Walker - Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals

Lyrics by R Walker

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The Rin Tins Bristol, UK

Keep them dancing.
That’s the ethos that The Rin Tins have kept since their inception in early 2011 and since then the sextet have strutted from one stage to another playing high octane gypsy swing to the party hard masses.
With music that combines 5 part harmonies with swing jazz rhythms and pounding oompa beats, for 7 years they've been filling dance floors & festival tents across the UK.
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