The Shape I'm In

by The Band

From the album: Rock of Ages

Track 13 of 28 on Rock of Ages (1972).

Duration: 4:14

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Lyrics for 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

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  1. Introduction
  2. Don't Do It
  3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
  4. Caledonia Mission
  5. Get Up, Jake
  6. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  7. Stage Fright
  8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  9. Across The Great Divide
  10. This Wheel's On Fire
  11. Rag Mama Rag
  12. The Weight
  13. The Shape I'm In
  14. The Unfaithful Servant
  15. Life Is A Carnival
  16. The Genetic Method
  17. Chest Fever
  18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
  19. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
  20. I Shall Be Released
  21. Up On Cripple Creek
  22. The Rumor
  23. Rockin' Chair
  24. Time To Kill
  25. Down In The Flood
  26. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  27. Don't Ya Tell Henry
  28. Like A Rolling Stone