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