Shake Shake Mama

Bob Dylan, Robert Hunter © 2009

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)

Together Through Life recording session - October 2008  

I get the blues for you baby when i look up at the sun
I get the blues for you baby when i look up at the sun
Come back here, we can have some real fun.

Well it's early in the evenin' and everything is still
Well it's early in the evenin' and everything is still
One more time I'm walkin' up around the hill.

Shake, shake Mama, like a ship goin' out to sea
Shake, shake Mama, like a ship goin' out to sea
You took all my money and you gave it to Richard Lee.

Down by the river, judge Simpson's walkin' around
Down by the river, judge Simpson's walkin' around
Nothin' shocks me more than that old clown.

Some of you women you really know your stuff
Some of you women you really know your stuff
But your clothes are all torn and your language is a little too rough.

Shake, shake Mama, shake it until the break of day
Shake, shake Mama, shake it until the break of day
I'm right here baby, I'm not that far away.

I'm motherless, fatherless, almost friendless too
I'm motherless, fatherless, almost friendless too
It's Friday morning on Franklin Avenue.

Shake shake mama, raise your voice and bay
Shake shake mama, raise your voice and bay
If you're goin' on home, better go the shortest way.