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 is makin' me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

And I'm gonna go down by the water
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
I'll be lookin' for my maker
And I hear that that's where she's been, oh

Out of nine lives, I spent seven
Tell me how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Spent 60 days in the jailhouse
For the crime of havin' no dough, no no
Now here I am back out on the street
Yeah for the crime of havin' 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 play it one more time

Yeah now two young kids, they start a ruckus
You know I think they're tryin' to fuck us
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Yeah I said now you don't know the shape I'm in
One more time now
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in