[ti:I'm Livin' In Shame] [ar:The Supremes] [al:The Complete Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Livin' In Shame (Juke Box Single Version / Stereo) - The Supremes [00:15.03]Mom was cookin' bread [00:16.80]She wore a dirty raggedy scarf around her head [00:20.24]Always had her stockings low [00:21.88]Rolled to her feet she just didn't know [00:24.93]She wore a sloppy dress [00:26.54]Oh no matter how she tried she always looked a mess [00:31.10]Out of the pot she ate [00:32.92]Never used a fork or a dinner plate [00:36.50]I was always so afraid [00:38.28]For my uptown friends to see her [00:40.30]Afraid one day when I was grown [00:42.93]That I would be her [00:48.76]In a college town [00:51.03]Away from home a new identity I found [00:54.90]Said I was born elite [00:57.01]With maids and servants at my feet [00:59.69]I must have been insane [01:02.08]I lied and said mama died on a weekend trip to Spain [01:06.25]She never got out of the house [01:08.13]Never even boarded a train [01:11.08]Married a guy was livin' high [01:13.23]I didn't want him to know her [01:15.29]She had a grandson two years old [01:17.41]That I never even showed her [01:19.62]I'm livin' in shame [01:23.20]Mama I miss you [01:28.83]I know you're not to blame [01:32.07]Mama I miss you [01:53.11]Came a telegram [01:54.99]Mama passed away while making homemade jam [01:58.17]Before she died [01:59.81]She cried to see me by her side [02:02.98]She always did her best [02:04.63]Oh cooked and cleaned and always in the same old dress [02:10.02]Workin' hard down on her knees [02:11.87]Always tryin' to please [02:14.94]Mama mama mama can you hear me [02:19.29]Mama mama mama can you hear me [02:23.34]I'm livin' in shame [02:26.37]Mama I miss you [02:32.15]I know you've done your best [02:34.92]Mama I miss you [02:40.25]Won't you forgive me mom [02:42.26]For all the wrong I've done [02:44.40]I know you've done your best [02:46.86]I know you've done the very best you could [02:51.13]But I never understood [02:53.50]Workin' hard down on your knees