Shake It

She wears her trouble like a backpack
 Big ol' rock sack weighin' her down
 Drag her feet on the ground
 Her heart breakin'
 She can't shake it
 There's a blues in her bones won't leave her alone
 Like a Jones for a fix, some anonymous kick
 She can't name it
 She can't shake it
 She gussies all up and slips into her nightclub clothes
 Tops it all off at the bottom with capezios
 There's a place right down the street
 The resurrection with a disco beat
 She's gonna dance, dance, dance
 Like a sufi in trance, can't break it
 Whirlin', twirl, see the girl's spine tingle and snake it
 And the burdens on her mind
 Are off to another space and time
 She's gonna make it
 She's gonna shake it
 She's back on the streets when the club shuts down
 But the heat beatsstrong like a heartbeat sound
 No escapin'
 She can't shake it
 She jingles in the front of a sidewalk shop
 Pawns her watch for a hot Walkman
 Tells the man, I'll take it
 She can't shake it
 There's a mood on the edge of her mind like a big, black cloud
 She slaps on a rap track, jacks the phones way up loud
 And the music sooyhes her brain
 As the groove pulses through her veins