Shame on You (Indigo Girls song)
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“Shame on You” | ||
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Single by Indigo Girls from the album Shaming of the Sun |
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Released | 1997 | |
Genre | Folk rock | |
Length | 4:01 | |
Label | Epic Records | |
Writer(s) | Amy Ray |
"Shame on You" is a single from the Indigo Girls album Shaming of the Sun released in 1997. The song's lyrics celebrate Chicano culture ("I go down to Chicano city park/cause it makes me feel so fine") and strongly criticize efforts against illegal immigration as being racist ("The white folks like to pretend it's not/but their music's in the air") and hypocritical ("They say we be looking for illegal immigrants/can we check your car/I say you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat/back in 1694").
[edit] External links
- Lyrics at Indigo Girls' website