The Shape I'm In lyrics
by The Band



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 living alone will drive me crazy.

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



I'm going down by the water,

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

I'll just be looking for my maker,

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



Out of nine lives, I've spent seven;

Now how in the world do you get to heaven?

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



I just spent sixty days in the jailhouse

For the crime of having no dough, no, no.

Now here I am back out in 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 you kids might start a ruckus;

You know they feel you're trying to shuck us.

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