A person does things for no reason Because a reason is to survive So since there's no reason to survive A person should do nothing, oh But you feel that you should do something Because you only have this one life So you talk with the other people But you can never do it right So you're ashamed On the ballroom floor, she's ashamed She can't take it anymore I'm ashamed because I said something Something I did not mean When a little brother and sister Make it with each other And the family lose their minds Well, don't you think they have no right? Because little Tom and Jane wanna do something They only have this one life So they make it with each other Just to make it through the night They're not ashamed On the ballroom floor, ashamed Can't take it anymore Ashamed 'cause they did something Something they really mean She was older now, so the memories came flooding back And she threw up all of that cognac She knew that she loved no other And she knew that she had the right The right to love and to be loved in one's life The right to feel his body hold her tight I love him, I love him No longer would she fight, surrender to the night And I am not ashamed On the ballroom floor, ashamed I just can't take it anymore I'm ashamed because I said something Always doing something I really didn't mean to