Go out yonder, peace in the valley
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Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
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Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
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Has anybody seen my lady
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This living alone will drive me crazy
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Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
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I'm gonna go down by the wa - ter
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But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
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I'll just be looking for my mak - er
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And I hear that that's where she's been? Oh!
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Out of nine lives, I spent seven
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Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven
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Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
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I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
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For the crime of having no dough
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Now here I am back out on the street
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For the crime of having nowhere to go
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Save your neck or save your brother
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Looks like it's one or the other
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Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
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Now two young kids might start a ruckus
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You know they feel you trying to shuck us
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Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
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The Shape I'm In
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Levon Helm |