Lyrics:

Go out yonder, peace in the valleyCome downtown, have to rumble in the alleyOh, you don't know the shape I'm inHas anybody seen my ladyThis living alone will drive me crazyOh, you don't know the shape I'm inI'm gonna go down by the wa - terBut I ain't gonna jump in, no, noI'll just be looking for my mak - erAnd I hear that that's where she's been? oh!Out of nine lives, I spent seven[The Shape I'm In lyrics on http://www.elyricsworld.com]Now, how in the world do you get to heavenOh, you don't know the shape I'm inI just spent 60 days in the jailhouseFor the crime of having no doughNow here I am back out on the streetFor the crime of having nowhere to goSave your neck or save your brotherLooks like it's one or the otherOh, you don't know the shape I'm inNow two young kids might start a ruckusYou know they feel you trying to shuck usOh, you don't know the shape I'm in