Shake Yourself Loose

Lyrics

How much rope you gonna give yourself

How much slack do you need

In order not to hang yourself

Up on the street

You say you learned your lesson

But I know that that ain't true

When I see that feeling

Come over you

But I don't blame you baby

Cause it really ain't no use

I believe that you believe

You're searching for the truth

I don't know what hold

That rounder downtown has on you

But keep on shaking, baby

Til you shake yourself loose

I'm not running away from trouble

I'm walking away from an accident

Involving a personality double

And a hole with a head in it

Ain't nothing I can say

Ain't nothing I can do

When I see that feeling

Come over you

But I don't blame you baby

Cause it really ain't no use

I believe that you believe

You're searching for the truth

I don't know what hold

That rounder downtown has on you

But keep on shaking, baby

Til you shake yourself loose

Credits

• Written by: T Bone Burnett

Performances

This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert 1989-05-21 in London.

Recordings

• T Bone Burnett, on T Bone Burnett, 1986

Bootlegs

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