B-52's, The - Ain't It A Shame Lyrics






Flying saucers could land
And it wouldn't make much difference to my man
I could walk aboard and thank the Lord
And leave this damn town in seconds flat
Check my bags and never come back

Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out
Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out

Oh, I've been unkind
Not like you
Ain't I ashamed
Being misused

Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out
Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out

I liked your Chevy Duster
I liked your brand new trailer
I liked your colour TV
But you looked at that colour TV
More than me
More than me

Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out
Oh, our love is
Like a fuse that's burned out





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  1. M.... ....

    most of the people knows this band for the few hits.... but what a massive back catalogue they have!! so many beautiful songs!

  2. M.... ....

    goosebumps! when she starts singing. - awesome! her singing is heartbreaking beautiful - the whole spirit of this band is the pure beauty of mankind!

  3. g.... 4....

    It hurts too much to like the truth of a relationship like a fuse.......burntout. sad

  4. D.... M....

    This is a beautifully left handed song.

  5. g.... 4....

    Condolences for you loss of Ricky 🌹🌹 🌹🌹 🌹

  6. g.... 4....

    Very under rated song. Sad.

  7. A.... W....

    Fred singing the low notes background harmony is pretty cool and really adds a nice and uniquely Fred touch

  8. M.... A....

    Por dios hace 36 años que no escuchaba esta cancion solo dos veces la escuche en una radio FM en 1986 siempre estubo en mi memorial no Sabia quien la cantaba la encontre aca y es nada menos que de Los The B-52s que recuerdos me trajo por dios

  9. A.... P....

    Probable my favorite US pop rock new wave band. This song that I used to listen over and over again when I lived in Orlando in 1987. Love from France. André Pierre

  10. S.... G....

    🇬🇧❤️ B52s

  11. R.... ....

    Love this for the composition, lyrics and Cindy's vocal, but the backing track doesn't give me any of the wonderful elements of the B's signature ways of playing, something I've always felt about this album. The label made a mistake, taking over control of their sound.

  12. B.... M....

    This is such an incredibly beautiful song. It is my favorite from this album.

  13. P.... S....

    This came to be my favorite song by these guys.
    Listen to the words. Heartbreaking.

  14. M.... A....

    Sin dudas el mejor tema de esta banda la voz de la cantante se luce en esta interpretación

  15. G.... S....

    These guys are making music a long time and never made bad albums

  16. R.... P....

    The song is called 'Ain't it a Shame', yet Cindy sings 'Ain't I ashamed'. This puzzled me for a long while.
    I get it now! Its deep irony. She says: 'Oh, I've been unkind (not like you). Ain't I ashamed (being misused).'
    Seeing it as a dialogue, not a monologue, it makes sense. One of the most brilliantly conceived pop lyrics ever!

  17. M.... G....

    Nice Track with Early Photo memorbilia.... Will always remember Ricky Wilson and his awesome way of playing guitar!
    thank you to uploader for making this available. :)
    Greetz from Australia,
    Mick

  18. L.... G....

    I still want to fuck Cindy Wilson 40 years later. Wow.. Ive wanted to fuck her from age 7!!!!!! First 😍!!!

  19. l.... t....

    Excelente música y grandes voces!! Un icono de los 80!!

  20. k.... ....

    The guitar reminds me of a Pat Benatar song but I can’t tell which one.

  21. A.... ....

    One of the best things The B-52s ever recorded. Whenever I hear it, it sounds like a Top 10 hit Billboard radio single from the mid-80s that got released in an alternate universe, yet, We still could hear its power in Our world. Truly, ain't it a shame...

  22. S.... C....

    More than MMeeeeeeee!

  23. E.... R....

    Such a beautiful bittersweet song..

  24. C.... S....

    cindy was/is a beauty queen!

  25. �.... �....

    Классная Банда , главное ВЕСЁЛАЯ

  26. C.... ....

    sooo sad...

  27. G.... ....

    suuuuuuuch a brilliant meloncollie track

  28. J.... D....

    Oh, our love is....
    like a fuse that's burned out

  29. S.... M....

    Happy birthday, Cindy!

  30. F.... H....

    Muito linda essa música, i love Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson she's wanderfull 😍🇺🇸🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷😍🇺🇸🇧🇷

  31. M.... R....

    I miss the 80s.

  32. W.... L....

    Sehr langsahm. Schade.

  33. g.... g....

    We love this track and the B52s.....the haunting voice/lyrics just wells so much emotion from the heart.

  34. W.... L....

    This was so sad because Ricky was dying. The whole album is cloaked with a painful melancholy.

  35. F.... H....

    Princesinha linda naquela época, I love Cindy Wilson 😍🇧🇷🇧🇷 🇺🇸🇧🇷😍 🇺🇸

  36. F.... H....

    Show, curtindo muito em 11/01/2019 I love Cindy Wilson 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷

  37. s.... A....

    This LP dedícate in memory
    Ricky Wilson......

  38. T.... M....

    I hear similarities between this song's guitar intro and the one in Blink 123's 'Adam's Song' :-)

  39. E.... H....

    aint it a shame in 2019..?
    lets make it better..!!!
    bury the bullshit..!

  40. P.... T....

    One of my all time favorites plus Legal Tender.

  41. M.... D....

    So sad I never saw them live

  42. P.... M....

    you live at Davey jones locker

  43. M.... ....

    Best band ever!

  44. K.... ....

    Beyond awesome.

  45. o.... m....

    cindy was such a beautyful lady but now she´s fat

  46. h.... ....

    Emotionally takes me back to Dance This Mess Around and Give Me Back My Man. Cindy has such a longing in her voice when she wants to put it out there. Simply a beautiful song beautifully sung..by a beautiful woman! When she closes her eyes and sings, you can feel her channeling her own experiences and laying them out for all to hear. This is what music is supposed to do. RIP Ricky....

  47. D.... S....

    So glad to discover this. Signed: B52s fan who thought they only produced 2 albums.

  48. T.... B....

    2 Cassettes & 2 Albums worn out ... and I STILL can't get enough of this! A Brilliant song with Amazing Vocals.

  49. D.... M....

    Just fabu!ous, !ove the groove, !

  50. S.... P....

    I love this song (should have been a hit) and I love your slideshow of vintage images - GREAT job!

  51. L.... M....

    Nice I've never seen any of these pictures.

  52. o.... m....

    such a beautiful sad song

  53. J.... L....

    Where the heck did you get all these pictures?

  54. D.... P....

    Love love till death

  55. N.... P....

    You look at your colour TV more than me! 😢

  56. S.... S....

    Masterpiece. I remember a haboob overtaking me enroute back to LA from Phoenix and Tucson while this played in my car cassette. I just sat there in the "fog" of dust for five minutes while this played.

  57. S.... U....

    My favorite album from the B's. It was a sad time for the band, with Ricky passing. But what glorious tunes came out of the band at this difficult time.

  58. o.... m....

    cindy was so fukng beautiful

  59. b.... t....

    Cindy sounds good.

  60. o.... m....

    reminds me of better days

  61. o.... m....

    best b52 song ever

  62. R.... P....

    absolutely a masterpiece, the cry of the human spirit

  63. o.... m....

    rip ribky and love ur mum+dad 4 having u + ur sister

  64. g.... h....

    Great song....love Cindy s vocals on this

  65. a.... ....

    Bouncing off Satellites remains my fave album of the B-52's and "Ain't a Shame" is at the top of my song list! Wistful and Wonderful! A rare gem.

  66. m.... f....

    i love b52 s !!

  67. J.... L....

    Flying saucers could land
    And it wouldn't make much difference to my man
    I could walk aboad and thank the Lord
    And leave this damn town in seconds flat
    Check my bags and never come back

    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out
    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out

    Oh, I've been unkind
    Not like you
    Ain't I ashamed
    Being misused

    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out
    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out

    I liked your Chevy Duster
    I liked your brand new trailer
    I liked your colour TV
    But you looked at that colour TV
    More than me
    More than me

    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out
    Oh, our love is
    Like a fuse that's burned out

  68. S.... W....

    Great song. Well done slide show. I've never seen some of those really early photos.

  69. M.... N....

    Thank you B-52s so much for the great music...❤

  70. D.... R....

    THANKS!

  71. J.... P....

    My favorite B-52's song. Represents so much of my childhood... so many positive memories!!

  72. K.... A....

    Fav B-52 CD, not a bad song anywhere on this one

    K.... A....

    couldn't agree more!

  73. A.... L....

    Ricky's funeral song... Maybe not literally but it's so close...

  74. g.... 4....

    That pic of Cindy and Ricky is priceless. Kates big red hair cool. I like this version and Senade O'connor too.

  75. g.... 4....

    Cindy gets down kicks this song earlier days. 😜

  76. M.... ....

    Thank you so much for this video- except for maybe 2 pictures, all of them were new to me. I've always been mesmerized by Cindy's eyes: the heavy black eyeliner, the falsies....and her great lips I suppose as well.

  77. T.... D....

    BEAUTIFUL

  78. h.... f....

    I absolutely love around 3 dozen B-52 songs but there is something about this song that makes it my fav. Yeah it repeats but it's hypnotic to me, all meloncholy and haunting and with wry humor too

  79. S.... T....

    Well done RandomMiracles. I've been a fan since '78, but never heard this record when it came out bc of what was going on in my life at the time. Thank you, this is beautiful!.

  80. s.... ....

    A very original band !

  81. M.... ....

    I like your brand new trailer! Fab, just fab.

  82. O.... ....

    J'adore depuis le début..MERCI...

  83. M.... M....

    Appreciate the slideshow! What a voice.

  84. T.... A....

    Highly evocative of a wonderful time and place. ❤️B-52's.

  85. E.... R....

    Achingly beautiful.

  86. E.... B....

    Like Only One Of The Best Bands Ever!!!

    E.... B....

    Agreed!

  87. s.... c....

    First time I've heard this - excellent! Great work w the slide show. Catches the vibe of the song well.

  88. j.... ....

    I have another window open where cindy is giving a current interview. I love her short white hair. In the interview she mentions this song and I had to stop and listen to it and the magic came back. Cindy said the band incorporated a lot of fun in what they were doing....wow...maybe that's the answer.

  89. M.... D....

    Love it.

  90. S.... S....

    adoro esse som !!!

  91. D.... L....

    Sentimental yet has a trailer trash quality that comes together so beautifully. "Damn Buck ya lookin' at that there color TV more than me."

  92. J.... B....

    Always loved this track....great slideshow!!! Thanks!

  93. r.... ....

    Great images to a fantastic song. Thanks!

  94. D.... ....

    Thanks for the good cry.

  95. L.... ....

    THIS IS A REALLY GOOOOOD SONG THANX MUCHO

  96. R.... P....

    o grupo tem muita música legal que as pessoas não conhecem. As músicas solo das cantoras são ótimas! E quando elas cantam junto são de uma harmonia invejável! Esse grupo deveria ser muito mais valorizado que é! Tenho todos os cds, esse que tem "ain't it a shame" é um dos melhores

  97. N.... D....

    Dear Ricky, you still here, in the heart of many many hearts. Love.

  98. D.... S....

    I would like a girl who liked my trailer.

  99. d.... ....

    This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Like, among the Top 10 favorite songs I've heard in my life.

  100. Z.... M....

    Melhor música do B-52's