Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come back home, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Anybody seen my baby?
Livin' alone sure drive me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I'm goin' down to the river but I ain't gonna jump in
I'll be there lookin' for my maker
'Cause they sayin' that's where she's been, lord knows
Out of nine lives, I spent seven
How in the world can I get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Shape I'm in
Shape I
Shape I'm in
I just spent 16 days in the jail house
For the crime of havin' no dough
Here I am now back out on the street
For the crime of havin' nowhere to go
Save your neck or save your brother
These days you know, one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come back home, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know, shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know, shape I'm in
Shape I'm in, shape I'm in