[CHORUS]  I'm no stranger to shame  I've got little to blame  You sent for me and so I came  I'll come runnin' when you call my name  Cuz I'm no stranger, I'm no stranger to shame  I said I'm no stranger, I'm no stranger to shame    I might stagger and I might sway  I might stutter just a bit but that's ok  I'm not walkin' too good that's true  I got a broke ass limp that'll pull me though  I might appear to be a pile of rags  But I'm a stack of hundreds in a paper bag  I've been around this world and back  I made a million bucks and put it all on black    So if you see me stumble you don't have to look away  It's not the first time, not the last  You can leave me where I lay, because  So if you see me stumble you don't have to look away  It's not the first time, not the last  You can leave me where I lay, because    [REPEAT CHORUS]    I've been known to wake up in some dirty places  The sun only shines on deserving faces  The mind erases, forgets the stars  See each and every city has corner bar  That's where I am in a world so grim  The lights are as bright as the day is dim  See I'm priceless in a class of my own  I used to stay out late but now I don't go home    So if you see me stumble you don't have to look away  It's not the first time, not the last  You can leave me where I lay, because    How do you feel when the birds are chirpin'  When your in bed and everybody is workin'  Are you down with the non believers  Make the slackers look like over achievers  The dogs scratchin' on the door again  The cat's out but he don't wanna come in  You got a bed and you got a floor  But the couch is closer to your front door    So if you see me stumble you don't have to look away  It's not the first time, not the last  You can leave me where I lay, because    [REPEAT CHORUS]