The Shape I'm In

Go out yonder, peace in the valley

Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Has anybody seen my lady?

This livin' alone would drive me crazy

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I'm gonna go down by the water

But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no

I'll just be lookin' for my maker

And I hear that that's where she's been

Oh, out of nine lives, I spent seven

Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I've just spent 60 days in the jail house

For the crime of having no dough, no, no

Now here I am back out on the street

For the crime of having nowhere to go

Save your neck or save your brother

Looks like it's one or the other

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Now two young kids might start a ruckus

You know they feel you're tryna shuck us

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in