No Shame Theatre Song

music & lyrics by Jonathan Price

MP3 recording [1.8M] Sheet music [pdf]

The night was foul and ugly when I rode into town
It'd been ten years since folks round here had seen my vicious frown.
I walked into the canteen, the barkeep caught my eye.
"I know it can't be you," he said. "I know I saw you die."

No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
Right between the eyes.
No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
Rawhide never lies.

A man stood up and threw his whiskey down upon the floor
I knew this man was everything that I had waited for.
He spat at me and bit his thumb and kicked up both his feet
He drew his gun and called my mother names I can't repeat.

No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
Yes, I'm still alive.
No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
Cowards take the dive.

Yellow was the fortune since I left town that day.
And yellow was the color of sweet alfalfa hay
But I'd come back to show my colors had returned to red.
I bought that man a drink or two, and then we went to bed.

No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
No, I never died
No Shame Theatre (No Shame Theatre)
No Shame don't mean No Pride

"No Shame Theatre Song" IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL AND MAY NOT BE DOWNLOADED, TRANSMITTED, PRINTED OR PERFORMED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR

"No Shame Theatre Song" debuted October 25, 2002 at No Shame L.A.:
Toby Huss [vocals]
Dave Giuli [piano]
Brett Webster [guitar]
Jonathan Price [snare]
Version with new lyrics by Jonathan Price (written 30 minutes before the show!) performed November 22, 2002.

[The song has been used on numerous occasions as an opening and/or closing theme for No Shame Los Angeles.]

[No Shame Theatre Song] [Winona Ryder version] [California Winter version] [New Year version] [Jan 24, 2003 version] [Dada version] [Bodily Function Creation version] [Fairy Tale version] [The Scat Burglar version] [Writer's Block version] [Second Season version] [Howard Dean version] [The No 'No Shame Theatre Song' Song] [The Welcome Version] [Iraqi Torture version] [Charleston Sunburn version] [A Rabbi and a Priest and Jesus Christ version] [The Memorial Day Weekend Version] [made up version] [Easter version] [Awkward Desperation version] [Outside version] [Philanthropy version] [End of Season 3 version] [drop your pants version] [Lincoln, Titanic & Jesus version]

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