You Shook Me

by Willie Dixon J.B. Lenoir recording of 1993 from Blues Summit (MCA 10710) Well, well, well She shook me, shook me, shook me (Yes, she shook me) All night long, all night long (All night long, all night long) You, you, you know this woman She shook me, shook me All night long, all night long All night long Mm hm (Mm hm) Now B., she shook me Go ahead, tell me about it, John Just like a hurricane, hurricane You, you, you know that woman She shook me, shook me Like a hurricane, hurricane Shake the ground, you know Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah You shook me, baby You shook me all night long You shook me, baby You shook me all night long You kept on shaking me, baby Till you messed up my happy home My happy home, my happy home The woman broke up My happy home, my happy home Now now she broke up, she broke up My only home, my only home My wife and child, ooh You move me, baby Just like a hurricane Just like a hurricane You move me, baby Just like a hurricane Like a hurricane You know you move me, baby Just like an earthquake On the land, on the land, yeah Yeah Talk about it some more, John You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you You shouldn't shake me The way you do, way you do All night long Sometimes I wonder What's gonna happen To my poor wife and child I got a child She done made me love her And now I can't be satisfied (You, you, you, you, you) Sometimes I wonder (Can shake me the way you do) What's gonna happen To my poor wife and child (You, you, you, you, you, you, you) (You shouldn't shake me way you do) (Way you do) You done made me love you And now I can't be satisfied You, you, you You, you, you, you, you (You, you, you) Shouldn't shake me way you do (Shouldn't shake me, baby) The woman shook me (The woman shook me, shook me) Woman shook me, shook me Shook me, shook me Like an earthquake shakes the ground That feel good Tell her again Look, woman I ain't gonna let you, you, you, you Hurt me no more (I ain't gonna let you hurt me) You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you You, you, you can't hurt me no more (You ain't gonna hurt me no more) I ain't letting you hurt me, hurt me Hurt me no more, no more No more, yeah

 

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