Shake That Bush Again

Looking for some shelter

Looking for some peace

The fire in the furnace

Is burning like the beast

My pants have all been pressed

And all my collars neatly creased

My ride bumming thumb is up

'cause now the hounds have been released

Cloud around my head

Leaves beneath my feet

Fever in my fingertips

And grease between my teeth

Shaking when I wake up

Keep a'heaving just to breathe

Chubby cherub up above me

Heathen fiend asleep beneath

I don't know

Where I go

Only where I've been

Shake that bush again (x4)

Leaving in the evening

Good girl don't you greive

But babe while I'm away

You keep your secrets safe for me

Or do you need the proof

Or momma do you just believe

Or do you shake the hand of man

With evil up his sleeve?

Can you understand

Stand behind your man

Might not always do right

But he'll do just what he can

Can't tell where he'll wind up

When he come around the bend

Oh but you bet when he get there

Gonna shake that bush again

I don't know

Where I go

Only where I've been

Shake that bush again (x4)

Shake it baby

Man is just a man

He can leave it he can take it

But baby shake that tail

Just like a rattlesnake can shake it

Ignominious decision

But somebody gotta make it

Lord I know I made a promise

But I'm gonna have to break it

Looking for some shelter

Looking for some peace

The fire in the furnace

Been burning like the beast

I guess I'm heading west

When the weary leave the east

There's a new broom near my tombstone

Sweep it clean for the deceased

I don't know

Where I go

Only where I've been

Shake that bush again (x8)