Shake - The Stone Coyotes

«Great God Almighty»

I heard a woman cry

«Do you think I’m made of iron?

How dare you pass me by?

I’ve seen your kind before

You seem so self-assured

What are you doing walking on the

Wild side

Looking so demure?"

And then she started swaying

She said, «I've disconnected from the whole

Can’t you hear?

The band is playing

Shake, Rattle and Roll»

The sidewalk is her ballroom

Her dress a tattered grey

People stop and whisper

«I wonder how she got that way»

She said, «I like to let my hair down

Let it fall and let it flow

Dance to all the old songs

I remember long ago»

I tried to break it gently

I said, «No one hears your song»

She said, «What makes you so sure

You’ve got it right

And I’ve got it wrong?

You can keep your comforts of home

They mean nothing to me

I prefer the wreckage

Of a life that used to be"