Shift the Blame

This tragic thing will spread it's tragic wings And float into the sky Where people in this town will turn a prying eye The confidence you once held in your friends Oh, crumbled into sand Shattering any hope to be ever again The people in this town, they never sleep They're careful not to keep Secrets that involve anyone but them And they will run their mouths behind your back All for one good laugh And deconstruct your life, you'll never get back With monumental failure, comes monumental fame I think it's more than you can take With monumental failure, comes monumental shame So I think it's time you shift the blame The keepers of the bars downtown on Main Know your story but not your name They've heard a hundred times from the flies that live there Is that the kind of life you want to lead The friends you want to keep? The stories you want told to everyone back home With monumental failure, comes monumental fame I think it's more than you can take With monumental failure, comes monumental shame So I think it's time you shift the blame Even with your unrelenting eyes On the landscape, oh, so sleepy Accidents with no reason or rhyme Seem to have your name and number, oh So I think it's time you shift the blame