Shame of the Nation Lyrics

The song Shame of the Nation is performed by New Order in the album named Substance in the year 1990 .



You can walk, or you can run
You don't have to be someone
I went on a summer cruise
Upon an ocean born to lose
My brother said that he was dead
I saw his face and shook my head
Can you see where we can't be
We're losing our blood in the sea
'Cause it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Yes, it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Oh, the state of the nation
Is causing death inflation
Oh, the state of the nation
Is causing death inflation

From my home I traveled far
I drove in my stolen car
When it broke down, I kissed the ground
'Cause I don't kiss when you're around
I don't find that I have been
The portrait of an only son
If that's the case, then who could tell
Where my story had begun?
Cause it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Yes, it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Yes, the state of the nation
That's causing death inflation
Oh, the state of the nation
That's causing death inflation

Even now, I'm all alone
Behind a wall that's made of stone
I think about where we have been
And all the sights that could be seen
I know it all could be worthwhile
If only I could force a smile
Now we turn our backs to the sea
The shame of a nation we'll never be
Cause it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Yes, it's the state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Oh, the state of the nation
Is causing death inflation
Yes, the state of the nation
Is causing death inflation




New Order - Substance

Oct 1990

  1. Ceremony
  2. Everything's Gone Green
  3. Temptation
  4. Blue Monday
  5. Confusion
  6. Thieves Like Us
  7. Perfect Kiss
  8. Subculture
  9. Shellshock
  10. State of the Nation
  11. True Faith
  12. In a Lonely Place
  13. Procession
  14. Mesh
  15. Hurt
  16. The Beach
  17. Confusion Instrumental
  18. Lonesome Tonight
  19. Murder
  20. Thieves Like Us Instrumental
  21. Kiss of Death
  22. Shame of the Nation
  23. 1963


Shame of the Nation