Embarrassment -- Madness

Received a letter just the other day, Don't seem they wanna know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,  Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
You're not to come and see us no more,  Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more  What on earth did you do that for?

Our aunt, she don't wanna know she says, What will the neighbours think they'll think,
We don't that's what they'll think, we don't, But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't.
Our uncle he don't wanna know he says, We are a disgrace to the human race he says,
How can you show your face,  When you're a disgrace to the human race?

No committment, you're an embarrassment, Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement,  The intention that you have booked, Was an intention that was overlooked.  They say, stay away,  Don't want you home today,  Keep away from our door,  Don't come 'round here no more.

Our dad, he don't wanna know he says,  This is a serious matter,   Too late to reconsider,  No one's gonna wanna know ya!    Our mum, she don't wanna know,  I'm feelin' twice as old, she says,
Thought she had a head on her shoulder,  'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older,
I'm feelin' twice as older.     You're an embarrassment...

This song is about the turmoil that engulfed Madness saxophonist Lee Thompson's sister Tracy, after she fell pregnant by a black man. The lyrics expressed the shame felt throughout the family of having a mixed race baby, an attitude sadly still prevalent in early 1980s Britain. Lee Thompson told  "It was just not accepted in those days. She was shunned by a few people in the family. My father tried to talk her into getting it terminated. My sister dug her heels in and I was caught in the middle, wanting everyone to be happy."                                                                          (songfacts) 

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