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 gonna go down by the wa - ter But I ain’t gonna jump in no no    I’ll just be looking for my mak - er 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 just spent 60 days in the jailhouse For the crime of having no dough      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 trying to shuck us   Oh you don’t know the shape I’m in