Don McLean Oh My What A Shame lyrics

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