IT'S A CRYIN' SHAME
(Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter)

Carl Smith - 1969
Gayle McCormick - 1971
Conway Twitty - 1972
The Grass Roots - 1975




Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)
Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)

Readin' your letter I didn't know whether
To call you up and talk again
When I saw the name you signed, goin' through my mind
Was a memory of way back when
Now all that I can wish you is a good love, baby
Sorry that it couldn't be me
'Cause it felt so right, if we'd held on tight
I'd be with you tonight 

We never should have let our love walk out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)
Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)

I won't forget the summer, my heart was like a drummer
Just a-beatin' every night away
Walkin' in the sun with you, baby, we were one
I knew love was nearly ours to stay
Now all I get to keep is a faded picture
You belong to him today
And the memory of you and me is just a used to be

We never should have let our love walk out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)
Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it, shame we don't have it

Love slipped through my hands, it's a cryin' shame
I can't play in your band (play in your band)
Love fell at my feet
It's a cryin' shame, the bitter isn't the sweet (isn't the sweet)
Oh-oh (isn't the sweet)
Oh-oh (isn't the sweet)
I'm so sorry, baby

Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more (have it no more)
Love walked out the door
It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more..........FADE



(Transcribed from The Conway Twitty 
recording by Mel Priddle - Nov 2010)