Lyrics It's a Crying Shame - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua

It's a Crying Shame

Both:
Cry, Cry in shame, shame
Cry, Cry in shame yes, yes, yes
Etta:
You said you didn’t wanna love nobody else if you weren’t loving me ooh baby,
yeah don’t you know you did me wrong yeah
You kiss and you cheat like you hold them no telling what you might have them
will approve
Both:
Cry, Cry in shame, shame
Cry, Cry in shame yeah
Harvey:
You said you didn’t wanna talk to nobody unless you was talking to me oh, oh,
oh yes you talking about what you see right now
You smiled and you started winking and I know just what you were thinking now
you do Both:
If you believe in a better world I guess to me I’m turning back my hands uptied
Baby if our love make you feel I will get together for the on down the line but
for now it’s a crying shame, crying shame
But for now it’s a crying shame yeah
Etta:
You said you didn’t wanna be smacking on nobody else if you weren’t kissing me but (you)*5 kiss everybody it seems
You did it, forget it, admit it, let’s quit it yeah, yeah with who?
Harvey:
You lied, you cheated now I’m getting so darn god tired of being mistreated now
with who?
Both:
Cry, Cry in shame (yeah)*4
Cry, Cry in shame oh yes now right now
Cry, Cry in shame (cry)*4
Cry, Cry in shame