mhm mm mm we were just kids playin in the rain when you threw a stone and you broke a windowpane you were so afraid for what you d done that i held your hand little one and i wouldn t let you run woah then you turned to me with a look of shame on your face and your eyes asked a question ever so tenderly oh who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame right then i knew how it would always be put the blame put it on me mhm at the age of twelve you were a fine young thing but i felt much older cause i had to shoulder the trouble you d bring like the time you pushed sonny down and she cut her knee with those same big eyes you turned and you looked at me oh who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame right then i knew how it would always be put the blame put it on me put it on me put it on me now you re all grown up and you re running wild and they re so surprised cause all along you seemed like such a sweet child and there s nothing but bad news from all the friends i meet how you ve become a a woman of the streets oh and they give me a million and one reasons why but when i analyze it i know where the real fault lies oh  who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame no doubt about it ooh this time rightfully put the blame put it on me oh oh who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame put the blame put it on me oh oh who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame put the blame put it on me oh oh who will take the blame who s gonna bear the shame put the blame put it on me