Shame on You (Indigo Girls song)

"Shame on You"
Single by Indigo Girls
from the album Shaming of the Sun
Released	1997
Genre	Folk rock
Length	4:01
Label	Epic
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").

Steve Earle sings backup and plays harmonica on the song.

The song was inspired by filmmaker David Zeiger's documentary Displaced in the New South.^[1]

References

↑ PBS

External links

Lyrics at Indigo Girls' website
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Indigo Girls

Amy Ray Emily Saliers

Studio albums	Indigo Girls (EP) Strange Fire Indigo Girls Nomads Indians Saints Rites of Passage Swamp Ophelia Shaming of the Sun Come On Now Social Become You All That We Let In Despite Our Differences Poseidon and the Bitter Bug Holly Happy Days Beauty Queen Sister One Lost Day

Other albums	Back on the Bus, Y'all 4.5 1200 Curfews Retrospective Perfect World Rarities Staring Down the Brilliant Dream

Singles	"Crazy Game" "Closer to Fine" "Hammer and Nail" "Galileo" "Ghost" "Least Complicated" "I Don't Wanna Talk About It" "Power of Two" "Shame on You" "Get Out the Map" "Shed Your Skin" "Peace Tonight" "Go" "Dear Mr. President" (with Pink) "What Are You Like"

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