You Can't Hide The Shame

I could make a blind man see and talk the talk with Socrates,
Turn holy water into wine, but I can't seem to drink you off of my mind.

I could change the hands of fate and pick the lock at the pearly gates,
With a drop of my hat I could turn back time, but I can't ignore the look in your eyes.

You can't hide the shame, I know where you've been,
You can't hide the shame, I know where you've been,
And I try to make light of the whole damn thing
But it don't seem right,
That you were there loving him.

Let a crippled man walk upright, get an Atheist to see the light,
Stop the killing on the front lines, but I can't accept that you're not mine.

I would trade these various skills and then, never speak of them again,
Just to have the power to deny, what's there behind your eyes.

You can't hide the shame, I know where you've been,
You can't hide the shame, I know where you've been,
And I try to make light of the whole damn thing
But it don't seem right,
That you were there loving him
And you can't hide the shame,
You can't hide the shame.

And did you think it'd be that simple?
And do you think I was born yesterday?
And did you think I was so stupid to fall
For the ploy that you two were just friends.

And to some these are miracles,
A divine energy healing heartache and grief.
And this may sound cynical,
But wishes and dreams fall apart at the seams,
When you trust in the honor of thieves...

You can't hide the shame, I know where you've been,
You can't hide the shame, You were there loving him,
And I try to make light of the whole damn thing
But it don't seem right,
You can't hide the shame.
No, no, you can't hide it.
The whole time he was by your side
Was it out of sight when I was out of your mind?
You can't hide the shame.

©1994 Eric Stuart/p Little Black Book (BMI)