Shameless

Garth Brooks

Well I'm shameless
When it comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do anything at all

And I'm standing
Here for all the world to see,
Oh, baby that's what's left of me
I don't have very far to fall

You know now I'm not a man who's ever been
Insecure about the world I've been living in
I don't break easy, I have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied

I'm shameless
Honey, I don't have a prayer
Every time I see you standing there
I go down upon my knees

And I'm changing,
Swore I'd never compromise
Oh, but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you need

You see in all my life I've never found
What I couldn't resist, what I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you

I have never had anything have this much control on me
I've worked too hard to call my life my own
And I've made myself a world, and it's worked so perfectly
But it sure won't now, I can't refuse
I've never had so much to lose
And I'm shameless

You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything I ever missed
But I've never been in love like this
It's out of my hands

I'm shameless
I don't have the power now
I don't want it anyhow
So I gotta let it go

Oh I'm shameless
Shameless as a man can be
You could make a total fool of me
I just wanted you to know
That I'm shameless

I just wanted you to know
Oh I'm shameless

I'm down on my knees
Shameless

You said
I feel shameless


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Shameless Lyrics as written by Billy Joel

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    To me this song is about a man who is finally breaking down and admitting he's in love, and is not ashamed of it, blah, blah, blah...

    snowbug_akon June 22, 2002   Link

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