By Any Other Name

I walked around this room for days
 Trying to coin another phrase to describe it
 Just when I think I've shed some light
 I realize it's still not right
 Can't classify it
 Cause a shame is a shame
 By any other name
 You can call it new
 But it hits you just the same
 You can dance around the truth
 Or step into the flame
 But a shame is a shame
 By any other name
 Two doctors tell you what went wrong
 As if they knew it all along but then
 It doesn't matter what they say
 Until the sickness goes away again
 Cause a shame is a shame
 By any other name
 You can call it new
 But it hits you just the same
 You can dance around the truth
 Or step into the flame
 But a shame is a shame
 By any other name
 Shame shame shame shame shame shame
 Shame shame shame shame shame shame
 Cause a shame is a shame
 By any other name
 Yeah, a shame is a shame
 By any other name