Now if you came with ya man, leave 'em over there Yeah, it's a jungle out here (watch out) Now we can keep it in the club, or we can leave Ooh, girl I want you to shake, shake, shake, shake, shake What your mama gave ya (uh huh) Come on ooh, sexy thang

Holding nothing There's a bottomless pit that we've been climbing from Just to get on level ground Shake your seasick legs around Dead of winter in a logo town Signs of life are soft and flickering Need a bed to lay my body down Dead weight to carry down

Then you mellow down easy, mellow down easy You mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top You jump, jump here, you jump, jump there You jump, jump, jump everywhere You shake, shake here, you shake, shake there You shake, shake, shake

And who gave you the right to shake my family tree? I don't understand it Tell me are you the ghost of jealousy And who gave you the right to scare my baby, she needs me They put a knife in my back Shot an arrow in me There's a thumpin' in the floor

So very long I've wanted you But I've wanted you There's this image of you that I can't shake That day we drove out to the ocean So many things I wanted to say But I knew it was all in vain Life doesn't give you hoops to jump through

There was no way out, the only way out was to give in Shake your head it's empty Shake your hips move your feet How I love to give in Here no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down Where no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down Ask

Shake, shake it all night long You listen while I'm talkin' to you, now Tell you what I'm gonna do now There's a new thing going around now And I'll tell what to put down Move your body all around, and just shake Ha, that's the way you do it Oh, g'on,

Shake, shake it all night long You listen while I'm talkin' to you, now Tell you what I'm gonna do now There's a new thing going around now And I'll tell what to put down Move your body all around, and just shake Ha, that's the way you do it Oh, g'on,

The weight of living Ooh there's a light It's the sun in your eyes, in your eyes Your Albatross, let it go, let it go, Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down When you just can't shake the Heavy weight of living When you just can't seem to shake

Love's funny that way Once in a while the mountains move We all long for those days It can shake your faith Or it can break your heart You live, you laugh, you say There's no king when love is the thing We play the same rules In a heartbeat a wiseman can