Shake It Down

Why do I crawl back to you each night?
I don't know
And say I was sorry though I was right?
I don't know

You broke every promise you made me
I broke every lie to you
Why do you tear up the letters I write?
I don't know

Why do I cry out for you each day?
I don't know
Needing to be found when I've gone astray?
I don't know

I broke every promise I made you
You broke every lie to me
Why am I cast in your comedy play?
I don't know

Everybody's looking for the answer
Though the question is not known
Everybody wants to say they're sorry
Though there's no sin to atone

Everybody seeks the key to their life
Though our exit has no door
Everybody has a bribe to save them
But redemption costs much more

And when it's raining
I'll stay dry
When I'm complaining
Ask yourself why

Everybody's looking out for guidance
For their prophet's lost the way
Everybody wants to know what's waiting
We all know but dare not say

Everybody's looking for salvation
Even those who can't be saved
Everybody wants to sing the same song
But which Master should be praised?

And when I'm crying
It won't show
And when we're dying
I'll let you know

As dreamers dream old rockers scream
They all feel London calling
And Mister Blue loves Suzi Q
They're high but they're still falling

Oxford bags and minted fags
Archie turned the lights out
Disco suits and bovver boots
Dicky's tricky, no doubt

Danny flies with failing eyes
And Cindy's incidental
Though glam has gone we still truck on
The child was elemental

Marchers pray this bloody day
Derry mothers mourning
Uncle Sam shoots gooks in Nam
Orange clouds are forming

So shake it down
Come on and take me home
Through all the years I've known
Please take me home

Yeah, shake it down
Don't leave me here alone
Though all this time has flown
Please take me home

Feel the noise from Noddy's boys
My mama says we're crazy
I scrape the sky with heels so high
My head is feeling hazy

Ten new P and jubilee
Harold defeats Teddy
Ali's fights and civil rights
Bohemian Freddie

Sidney's drunk on Johnny's punk
We're vacant but not pretty
The papers read the king is dead
There's new Mods in the city

Marty's ghost and Mickey Most
Thirteen never landed
Maggie's ways and Happy Days
Mop Tops have disbanded

So shake it down
Come on and take me home
Through all the years I've known
Please take me home

Yeah, shake it down
Don't leave me here alone
Though all this time has flown
Please take me home

I am lonely
And out in the cold
Yes, I'm lonely
My soul has been sold

I am weary
My path is too long
Yes, I'm weary
I'm no longer strong

But, oh my lord
Get me out of here some way
Oh, I'm begging you lord
Please get me out today

I am helpless
I lay my heart bare
Yes, I'm helpless
I no longer care

I am missing
But nobody knows
Yes, I'm missing
Guess that's how it goes

But, oh my lord
Get me out of here some way
Oh I'm begging you lord
Please get me out today

Oh, I'm begging you lord