Shake Yourself Loose - Lyrics - T Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer. He was a touring guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue. After the tour ended, Burnett and two other members of the backing band formed The Alpha Band, followed by his first solo album in 1980.

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