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 [bad word] back here, we can have some real fun
 
Well it's early in the evening and everything is still
 Well it's early in the evening and everything is still
 One more time, I'm walking up around the hill
 
Shake shake Mama like a ship going out to sea
 Shake shake Mama like a ship going out to sea
 You took all my money and you gave it to Richard Lee
 
Down by the river judge Simpson's walking around
 Down by the river judge Simpson's walking around
 Nothing 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 until the break of day
 Shake shake Mama, shake 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 going to 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