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