Lyrics to
Ain’t It A Shame

This version of Ain’T It A Shame was released by Air Supply in 1976.

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Hit with the bug to run, you didn’t go to college we can use you son
You look like the pride of your home town
But how can you hold out when your luck is down

Ain’t it a shame, ain’t it a shame, ain’t it a shame, ain’t it a shame.
Because I’m too tired to run around
Meeting people from the wrong side of town
Looking for a place to live, I’ve got no money nothing to give, listen
All you gotta do is look around for something that’s new
find a job that’s stimulating, that’s easy and I’m still waiting

I’ve stood in line and done my time
With nothin’ to do all day
I’ve stood in line with all my friends
With nothin’ to say all day,
I’ve stood in line and done my time
With nothin’ to do all day
I’ve stood in line with all my friends
With nothin’ to say all day, nothin’ to say all day.
Got brains but got no drive
Money’s cheap, the roads are wide
All the good positions go too fast
I need a job I know will last
I’ve got a job for you can you push that shovel can you swing that broom
Keep your head down and don’t go slow
But don’t forget to stop with the whistle.

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Air Supply has released many songs over the years besides Ain’T It A Shame. Air Supply released songs from 1976 to 2003 spanning across albums like Air Supply, The Whole Thing Started, Love And Other Bruises, Life Support, Lost In Love, The One That You Love, Now And Forever, Hearts In Motion, The Christmas Album, The Earth Is..., The Vanishing Race, News From Nowhere, The Book Of Love, Yours Truly, and Across The Concrete Sky. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Air Supply.

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About Lyrics and Ain’T It A Shame by Air Supply

The lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Air Supply in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Air Supply and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Ain’T It A Shame back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame by Air Supply in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame" means the words set to the music of Ain’T It A Shame, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Air Supply. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Ain’T It A Shame and the lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Air Supply who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ain’T It A Shame, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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