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 |
| Songwriter(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
[edit]External links
[edit]- Lyrics at Indigo Girls' website
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