As you crawl on all fours,
A dirty mouth licks clean the floor,
You were lighting them up and stomping them out,
That little black book is full of the red faces you've pulled,
Painting the town and dragging it down,
She's got so many vices,
She dies ten times a night.

I can do shameless too,
And this one goes out to you.
I can do shameless too,
They waited all night for you.

When she drinks, she drinks neat.
When she thinks, it's on her feet.
"I'm just sinning, do you mind?
I'm falling behind."
So she's bleached all that hair.
And hit the stage in underwear.
The parents get blamed.
It's always the same.
She's got so many vices,
She dies ten times a night.

I can do shameless too,
And this one goes out to you.
I can do shameless too,
They waited all night for you.

It's going simple shamelessly,
And she'll conduct the symphony,
A soundtrack to her infamy,
If this is the revolution then pardon me,
I'm leaving, I'm leaving, I'm leaving tonight.

I can do shameless too,
And this one goes out to you.
I can do shameless too,
They waited all night for you.

She's got so many vices,
She dies ten times a night.


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Shameless Lyrics as written by Robert Ryan Dawson Jack Bassam Barakat

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    Future single, one of the best songs on the album. It's about one of the band's Ex's I think or a girl at least and I think it's related to Aled, she's a girl from Wales who's a "dick head" apparently

    Robb_IGHon June 05, 2008   Link
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    I agree with the dude above. On the opening date of the uk smart casual tour in may 08 aled introduced it as a song about a girl from south wales. this song is only second to lovely bones

    BarrierLovelyon August 04, 2008   Link
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    Probably about some skanky bird that he went out with. The lines about 'waited all night for you' probably refer to her parents.

    Han_Soloon August 09, 2008   Link
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    some girl who led one of them on?

    vintagesparkleson September 01, 2008   Link
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    wow

    kaybayon September 01, 2008   Link

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